John Leake is a nonfiction author with a lifelong interest in medical history, psychology, and criminology. He studied philosophy with Roger Scruton and wrote his master's thesis on Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. Since 2021, he has worked with Dr. Peter McCullough and was the primary author of their New York Times bestselling book Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality and The Courage to Face COVID-19. He writes a daily investigative report for the Focal Points (Substack) newsletter and is vice president of the McCullough Foundation.