Mary Roach
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Mary Roach, 2016
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March 20, 1959 Etna, New Hampshire |
| Occupation | Author (non-fiction); humorist |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Popular science, humor |
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Mary Roach is an American author, specializing in popular science and humor. As of 2016[update], she has published seven books,: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003), Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (2005) (published in some markets as Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife), Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (2008), Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (2010), My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (2013), and Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (2016).
Roach is noted for her curiosity and humor in addition to her research. Her many humor-laced articles in various publications over the decades include her monthly humor column, "My Planet", in Reader's Digest.
Mary Roach was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, to a 65-year-old father. Her family later moved to Etna, New Hampshire, where Roach attended Hanover High School.
She received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wesleyan University in 1981.
After college, Roach moved to San Francisco, California, and spent a few years working as a freelance copy editor. She worked as a columnist, and also worked in public relations for a brief time. Her writing career began while working part-time at the San Francisco Zoological Society, producing press releases on topics such as wart surgery on elephants. On her days off from the SFZS, she wrote freelance articles for the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine.
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