Mary Roach
Forfatter af Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Om forfatteren
Mary Roach was born and raised in Etna, New Hampshire. She has a BA degree in psychology from Wesleyan University. She spent a few years as a free-lance copy editor before she landed a job at the San Francisco Zoological Society turning out press releases. She then moved on to write humor pieces vis mere for such periodicals as The New York Times Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle and Sports Illustrated. Her article "How to Win at Germ Warfare" was a National Magazine Award Finalist, in 1995. In 1996, her article on earthquake-proof bamboo houses took the Engineering Journalism Award. She published several books such as Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003) and Packing for Mars (2010). Mary's title Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: At TED conference 2009-02-06. Photo by Bill Holsinger-Robinson.
Værker af Mary Roach
Grunt and Gulp Mary Roach Collection 2 Books Bundle - The Curious Science of Humans at War, Travels Around the Gut (2016) 3 eksemplarer
The Prince and the Pauper 1 eksemplar
New World Pompeii 1 eksemplar
1996 Sex: No Shortage Yet 1 eksemplar
1996 Sex: Don't Fertilize, Neutralize 1 eksemplar
Bamboo Solution 1 eksemplar
Secrets of the Shamans 1 eksemplar
Science Books Mary Roach Collection 3 Books Bundle (Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, Stiff: The Curious… (2016) 1 eksemplar
Two-Minute Revelation 1 eksemplar
Hollywood Hills 1 eksemplar
Cleaning Up Their Act 1 eksemplar
Meteorite Hunters 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (1998) — Bidragyder — 209 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Roach, Mary
- Fødselsdato
- 1959-03-20
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
- Bopæl
- Etna, New Hampshire, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Alameda, California, USA
Oakland, California, USA - Uddannelse
- Wesleyan University (BA ∙ psychology ∙ 1981)
Hanover High School - Erhverv
- columnist
copywriter
non-fiction writer - Relationer
- Rachles, Ed (husband)
- Organisationer
- Salon.com
Reader's Digest - Agent
- Erin Lovett (publicist)
Jay Mandel (agent) - Kort biografi
- Mary Roach grew up in a small house in Etna, New Hampshire. She graduated from Wesleyan in 1981, and then moved out to San Francisco s. She spent a few years working as a freelance copy editor before landing a half-time PR job at the SF Zoo. During that time she wrote freelance articles for the local newspaper's Sunday magazine.
Though she mostly focuses on writing books, she writes the occasional magazine piece. These have run in Outside, National Geographic, New Scientist, Wired, and The New York Times Magazine, as well as many others. A 1995 article of herse called "How to Win at Germ Warfare" was a National Magazine Award Finalist, and in 1996, her article on earthquake-proof bamboo houses took the Engineering Journalism Award in the general interest magazine category. Mary Roach also reviews books for The New York Times.
Her first book, Stiff, was an offshoot of a column she wrote for Salon.com. Her other books include Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, and Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void.
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Not what I was expecting. I was told that Roach is hilarious but I didn't find her writing humorous at all. To add, the last few chapters were written in a very immature and disgusting way. The only reason I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 is that it at least made sense.
Always have mixed feelings when I close a Mary Roach book. It's a great joy to read them but then I know it will be a year or two before a new one comes out, so I'm sad. I think Roach chose a really difficult topic this time. It is hard to be funny when you are talking about conservation and the life and death of people and animals. Difficult, but not impossible. Please be sure to read her footnotes as well, a lot of good info and fun gets tucked in there. Especially enjoyed her time at the Vatican.
and, to all those who failed to return her calls and email, you will get called out in this book… (mere)
and, to all those who failed to return her calls and email, you will get called out in this book… (mere)
A pleasure as always. I was a bit worried, how do you inject humor into war, combat, injured veterans? Mary roaches can actually achieve the impossible
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In this book, Mary Roach takes a look at wild animals and their “relationships” with humans, primarily breaking human laws (like attacking them, breaking into houses, stealing, etc.). She talks to and follows along with fish and wildlife officers, and other scientists that study these animals (oh, and trees and plants, too!) and their interactions with humans (and how humans are trying to mitigate these interactions).
I liked this. Despite being about animals, I didn’t like it as much as I like some of her other books, but it was still interesting. I don’t think there was as much humour in this one as some of her others, either, but there were bits of it, too.… (mere)