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Christiana Spens is a writer and academic.

Christiana Spens was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in Fife, Scotland. She was educated at the University of Cambridge^[1] in Philosophy, followed by the University of St. Andrews for her master's degree and doctorate.^{[1] [2]} She is the author of The Fear (Repeater Books,^[3] 2023), The Portrayal and Punishment of Terrorists in Western Media (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019),^[4] and Shooting Hipsters: Rethinking Dissent in the Age of PR (Repeater Books,^[5] 2017). Her academic work looks at terrorism, ritual, visuality and Neo-orientalism. She has written for The New Statesman, The Irish Times, Byline Times, Glamour, Stylist, Prospect Magazine, Studio International and The Quietus on culture, psychology and politics.^[6][7][8]

• Shooting Hipsters: Rethinking Dissent in the Age of PR, 2016
• The Portrayal and Punishment of Terrorists in Western Media : Playing the Villain, 2019
• The Fear, 2023