Mary Roach
 Mary Roach is an American author specializing in popular science. As of 2014 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 and Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (2013).