Michael J. Byrnes is an American author of

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. He attended

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, and received a

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. His first novel was ''The Sacred Bones'' (2007), held in 797 libraries and translated into ten languages. Since then he has written two more novels.

Publications

*''The Sacred Bones'' (2007) **French translation, ''Le secret du dixième tombeau'' **Dutch translation, ''Het volmaakte relikwie'' Review, ''frontage.foix.nl''
/ref> **Czech translation, ''Tajemství Chrámové hory : skrývá starověký nález – ostatky Ježíše Krista?'' **Serbian translation ''Svete mošti'' **Russian translation, ''Святая тайна'' **Romanian translation ''"Secretul lui Iosif'' **Polish translation, ''Świete kości'' ** Portuguese translation, ''Ossos Sagrados'' **Thai translation, ''ความลับจากโครงกระดูก'' **Chinese translation ''聖血密碼 '' **Turkish translation ''Kutsal kemikler'' *''The Sacred Blood,'' (2008) (a sequel to ''The Sacred Bones'') **Czech translation, ''Tajemství svaté krve'' *The Genesis Plague (2010) **Czech translation, ''Tajemství morové jeskyně''

References

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