Mary Roach has been called "America's funniest science writer" and is the author of New York Times bestsellers "Stiff," "Spook," "Bonk," "Gulp," "Grunt" and "Packing for Mars." Her most recent book, "Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law," is this year's Lenoir-Rhyne Campus Read.

Roach has written for "National Geographic," "Wired," and "The New York Times Magazine," among others, and her TED Talk made the TED 20 Most Watched list. She has been a guest editor for "Best American Science and Nature Writing," a finalist for the Royal Society's Winton Prize and a winner of the American Engineering Societies' journalism award, in a category for which, let's be honest, she was the sole entrant.

Admission is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.