Lise Barnéoud is a science journalist who regularly contributes to Mediapart, Science & Vie, and Le Monde. In addition to Hidden Guests, she is the author of two books about vaccines, one of which won Lire magazine’s Best Investigation award. In 2017, she was named French Science Writer of the Year. She also won the Fondation Varenne award for science journalism in a national daily newspaper and the Trophées Signatures Santé’s Grand Prix.