Author

Books by John M. Barry

John M. Barry is an American historian and journalist whose work focuses on science, public health, and politics. In addition to The Great Influenza, he is the author of Rising Tide, an account of the 1927 Mississippi flood, and several other books on American history. He has served on advisory committees to the U.S. government on pandemic preparedness and was cited extensively by public health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic. He teaches at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.