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