Laurence Gardner
Official Bio:
Laurence Gardner is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and a Professional Member of the Institute of Nanotechnology. Distinguished as the Chevalier de St. Germain, he is a constitutional historian, a Knight Templar, and is Presidential Attaché to the European Council of Princes. Based in England, he is author of The Times and Sunday Times bestseller, Bloodline of the Holy Grail. This was serialized nationally in the Daily Mail and gained Laurence a UK Author of the Year award in 1997.

In the artistic domain, Laurence has been Conservation Consultant to Britain's Fine Art Trade Guild, and is currently involved in Los Angeles movie production. In the world of music and the performing arts, he has written and produced for the musical stage, and his libretto compositions have been performed at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Laurence's writing career has included collaborative projects with national institutions such as the British Tourist Association, the National Parks Authority, The Queen's Bays Regimental Museum, the Government of Ontario and the Russian Ministry of Culture.

With Top-10 chart listings, translations into many languages, and publishers such as HarperCollins, Transworld, Barnes & Noble and Penguin, Laurence Gardner's books (along with Bloodline of the Holy Grail) include Realm of the Ring Lords, Genesis of the Grail Kings, and Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark. This Amazon Top-10 seller, featured by the Daily Mail and on UK national TV in 2003, is now being adapted in Hollywood for big screen production.

Laurence's new book, The Magdalene Legacy, is now available, and another will be announced later in 2005.
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