Mary roach author biography samples

          Along the way, Roach samples rancid olive oil and whale skin, shoves her hand inside a living cow's stomach, and follows a human fecal..

          WOW! Women On Writing talks to Mary Roach about her latest book, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, and about the craft of writing.

        1. Mary Roach is a science writer who likes to tackle the big and scary topics: death, in her book Stiff, and sex, in her book Bonk.
        2. Along the way, Roach samples rancid olive oil and whale skin, shoves her hand inside a living cow's stomach, and follows a human fecal.
        3. Mary Roach is the author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, Bonk: The Curious.
        4. Mary Roach grew up in a small house in Etna, New Hampshire.

          5. Mary Roach

          American author (born 1959)

          Mary Roach (born March 20, 1959) is an American author specializing in popular science and humor.[1] She has published seven New York Times bestsellers: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003), Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (2005), Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (2008), Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (2010), Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (2013), Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (2016), and Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (2021).

          Early life and education

          Mary Roach was born in Hanover, New Hampshire[2] Her family moved to Etna, a village within the town of Hanover, and Roach attended Hanover High School and received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wesleyan University in 1981.

          Career

          After college, Roach moved to San Francisco, California, and spent a few years working as a freelance copy editor. Her writing