Adrienne NayorAdrienne Mayor is a folklorist, a historian of science, and a research scholar in the classics department at Stanford University. Her recent books include The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World and Poison King: The Lfe and Legend of Mithradates the Great, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, the latter of which won an Independent Publisher Book Award in 2010 and was a 2009 National Book Award finalist. Mayor's books have been translated into ten languages and her work has been featured on NPR, the BBC, and the History Channel; in The New York Times and National Geographic; and at the Smithsonian. She is a regular contributor to the award-winning history of science website Wonders and Marvels. Read More Read Less