Mary Roach

Mary Roach (born 1959) is an American science writer known for humorous, deeply researched nonfiction that explores the stranger corners of science and medicine. She is the author of *Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers*, *Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife*, *Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex*, *Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void*, and *Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal*. Roach’s work blends reporting, interviews, and archival research with a comic, conversational voice, making complex topics accessible to general readers. Her books often follow scientists, technicians, and institutions at work, highlighting both rigor and oddity.