Author

Books by Laura Spinney

Laura Spinney is a British science journalist and author based in Paris. She has written for Nature, National Geographic, The Economist, and The Guardian, among others. Pale Rider, published in 2017, was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize and brought significant renewed attention to the 1918 pandemic on the eve of its centennial. Spinney also writes fiction; her debut novel was published in 2004. Her nonfiction focuses on the intersection of science, history, and human behavior.