Michael Cordy
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Michael Cordy is a British novelist. He was born in Ghana
and spent much of his childhood in West and East Africa, India and Cyprus. He was educated in Britain at The King's School, Canterbury
, and the universities of Leicester and Durham. After ten years in marketing and advertising, with his wife's encouragement, he gave up a lucrative career to write novels. His first novel, The Miracle Strain, took two years to complete to his satisfaction and was published in 1997. Disney bought the film rights for $1.6 million and the novel reached no. 5 in The Sunday Times
Bestseller list. An international success, it has since been published in more than twenty-five languages and over forty countries. Dan Brown
published The Da Vinci Code
in 2003, and its success may have influenced the re-naming of Michael's first three novels. In spite of publishing six years earlier, he has been criticised, unfairly, of imitating Brown.
Michael lives in London with his wife, Jenny, and their daughter, Phoebe. Currently, he is working under contract on his first screenplay, Crime Zero, having recently sold the film rights option to New line Cinema, a subsiduary of Warner Bros.
He is now the author of six successful novels:
The Messiah Code, originally The Miracle Strain, published 1997.
The Crime Code originally Crime Zero, published 1999.
The Lucifer Code originally Lucifer, published 2001.
The Venus Conspiracy originally True, published 2004.
His fifth book, The Source, published August 2008, has the film rights optioned by Warner Bros. In a splendid adventure set mostly in Peru
. It involves Abiogenesis
.
In the sixth novel, The Colour of Death, published August 4th, 2011, the main character suffers with an unprecedented form of synaesthesia, in which her five senses merge to form a sixth, and her hallucinations appear to be memories, but not her own.
His seventh novel is already underway.
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
and spent much of his childhood in West and East Africa, India and Cyprus. He was educated in Britain at The King's School, Canterbury
The King's School, Canterbury
The King's School is a British co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils in the historic English cathedral city of Canterbury in Kent. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group....
, and the universities of Leicester and Durham. After ten years in marketing and advertising, with his wife's encouragement, he gave up a lucrative career to write novels. His first novel, The Miracle Strain, took two years to complete to his satisfaction and was published in 1997. Disney bought the film rights for $1.6 million and the novel reached no. 5 in The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
Bestseller list. An international success, it has since been published in more than twenty-five languages and over forty countries. Dan Brown
Dan Brown
Dan Brown is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. Brown's novels, which are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour time period, feature the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes, and conspiracy theories...
published The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery-detective novel written by Dan Brown. It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder in Paris's Louvre Museum and discover a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus having been married to...
in 2003, and its success may have influenced the re-naming of Michael's first three novels. In spite of publishing six years earlier, he has been criticised, unfairly, of imitating Brown.
Michael lives in London with his wife, Jenny, and their daughter, Phoebe. Currently, he is working under contract on his first screenplay, Crime Zero, having recently sold the film rights option to New line Cinema, a subsiduary of Warner Bros.
He is now the author of six successful novels:
The Messiah Code, originally The Miracle Strain, published 1997.
The Crime Code originally Crime Zero, published 1999.
The Lucifer Code originally Lucifer, published 2001.
The Venus Conspiracy originally True, published 2004.
His fifth book, The Source, published August 2008, has the film rights optioned by Warner Bros. In a splendid adventure set mostly in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. It involves Abiogenesis
Abiogenesis
Abiogenesis or biopoesis is the study of how biological life arises from inorganic matter through natural processes, and the method by which life on Earth arose...
.
In the sixth novel, The Colour of Death, published August 4th, 2011, the main character suffers with an unprecedented form of synaesthesia, in which her five senses merge to form a sixth, and her hallucinations appear to be memories, but not her own.
His seventh novel is already underway.