John Kelly

John Kelly is the author of 2005's The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time. From his Q&A with Caroline Leavitt: Q: What lessons can we learn today from your much-touted 2005 book? A: First of all, Caroline, thank you for complimenting the book. Secondly, as that wit Voltaire once said, "History always changes, but people never do.”