Laura Spinney
5 workspublishing since 2002
Laura Spinney is a British science journalist and writer, born in 1971, who has lived in Paris and Lausanne. She has written for Nature, National Geographic and The Economist. She is the author of two novels, “The Doctor” (2001) and “The Quick” (2007), and of “Rue Centrale” (2013), a portrait of Lausanne through its inhabitants. Her history of the 1918 influenza pandemic, “Pale Rider” (2017), was translated into some twenty languages, and “Proto” (2025) tells how the Indo-European language spread across the world.
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Laura Spinney is a British science journalist and writer, born in 1971, who has lived in Paris and Lausanne. She has written for Nature, National Geographic and The Economist. She is the author of two novels, “The Doctor” (2001) and “The Quick” (2007), and of “Rue Centrale” (2013), a portrait of Lausanne through its inhabitants. Her history of the 1918 influenza pandemic, “Pale Rider” (2017), was translated into some twenty languages, and “Proto” (2025) tells how the Indo-European language spread across the world.
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5 works · 2002–20252025
- ReleasedApr 24ProtoHardcover · Paperback
2017
- Pale RiderHardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
2007
- The QuickPaperback
2002
- The DoctorPaperback
- DoctorHardcover