Michael A. Thalbourne, Ph.D., (March 24 1955 – May 4 2010) was an Australian psychologist and parapsychologist. He was educated at the University of Adelaide and the University of Edinburgh. His books include: "A glossary of terms used in parapsychology" (2003), "The common thread between ESP and PK" (2004), and "Parapsychology in the Twenty-First Century: Essays on the future of Psychical research" (2005).