Laura Spinney

Laura Spinney (born August 1971) is a British science journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer whose 2017 book Pale Rider is an account of the 1918 influenza pandemic.

Books in order of publication:

Derborence: Where the devils came down – 1934 translated by Laura Spinney

The Doctor  – 2002

The Quick – 2007

Rue Centrale – 2012

Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World – 2017

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global – 2025