Michael Byrnes (writer)

Michael J. Byrnes is an American author of archeological thrillers.^[1] He attended Montclair State University, and received a graduate degree in business administration from Rutgers University.^[2]

His first novel was The Sacred Bones (2007), held in 797 libraries and translated into ten languages.^[3] Since then he has written two more novels.

• The Sacred Bones (2007) ISBN 9780061146077
  • French translation, Le secret du dixième tombeau ISBN 9782714443502
  • Dutch translation, Het volmaakte relikwie ISBN 978 90 245 6132 2^[4]
  • Czech translation, Tajemství Chrámové hory : skrývá starověký nález – ostatky Ježíše Krista? ISBN 9788072174799
  • Serbian translation Svete mošti ISBN 9788674368343
  • Russian translation, Святая тайна ISBN 9785699368921
  • Romanian translation "Secretul lui Iosif
  • Polish translation, Świete kości ISBN 9788375080360
  • Portuguese translation, Ossos Sagrados ISBN 9789722033152
  • Thai translation, ความลับจากโครงกระดูก ISBN 9786167010267
  • Chinese translation 聖血密碼 ISBN 9789868614116
  • Turkish translation Kutsal kemikler ISBN 9786055943547
• The Sacred Blood, (2008) ISBN 9780061340697 (a sequel to The Sacred Bones)
  • Czech translation, Tajemství svaté krve ISBN 9788072176908
• The Genesis Plague (2010) ISBN 9781847372390
  • Czech translation, Tajemství morové jeskyně ISBN 9788072178339