Michel Benoit

Michael Benoit is the pen name used by French author of religious scholar and thriller novels. A Ph.D. holder in Pharmacology, Michael later became an unordained monk in Benedictine at the convent of St. Benoit Sur Loire where he served for 22 years. However, due to the non-conformity of his ideas, Michael left the church and became a writer. He first became published in 1992 when his memoirs of Prisoner of God were published. Benoit became a published fiction author in 2006 when The Thirteenth Apostle, a novel based on his lifetime research on the life of Jesus Christ was published.