| Lisa Genova | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 22, 1970 |
| Occupation | Novelist and neuroscientist |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Literary Fiction |
| Website | |
She self-published her debut novel Still Alice (2007), about a Harvard professor who suffers early onset Alzheimer's disease.
The book gained popularity and was acquired by Simon and Schuster.
It was published in January 2009 by Pocket Books (now Gallery Books).
A bestseller, it is sold in 30 countries and has been translated into more than 20 languages.
Genova has written fiction about characters dealing with neurological disorders.
Gallery Books published her next two novels, which also became bestsellers.
Genova graduated from Bates College with a BS degree in biopsychology and received a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Harvard in 1998.
Genova did research at Massachusetts General Hospital East, Yale Medical School, McLean Hospital, and the National Institutes of Health.
Genova taught neuro-anatomy at Harvard Medical School fall 1996.
Her first novel was Still Alice (2007), about a woman who suffers early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Alice Howland, a 50-year-old woman, is a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned linguistics expert.
She is married to an equally successful husband, and they have three grown children.
The disease takes hold swiftly, and it changes Alice’s relationship with her family and the world.
Genova self-published the book in 2007 with iUniverse.
Beverly Beckham of The Boston Globe wrote of it,
"After I read "Still Alice" I wanted to stand up and tell a train full of strangers, "You have to get this book."
Beckham notes that the story is told from the inside: "This is Alice Howland's story, for as long as she can tell it."
The book was later acquired by Simon and Schuster and published in January 2009 by Pocket Books (now Gallery Books).
It was on The New York Times best seller list for more than 40 weeks.
It has been sold in 30 countries and translated into more than 20 languages.
The book was adapted for the stage by Christine Mary Dunford for the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago. The play was produced from April 10-May 19, 2013.
Memento Films and Killer Films produced a film adaptation of Still Alice, starring Julianne Moore as the lead, and co-starring Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, and Kate Bosworth.
Left Neglected (2011) became a New York Times bestseller in hardcover and in paperback.
It tells the story of a woman who suffers from left neglect (also called hemispatial or unilateral neglect), caused by a traumatic brain injury.
As she struggles to recover, she learns that she must embrace a simpler life.
She begins to heal when she attends to elements left neglected in herself, her family, and the world around her.
Love Anthony was published by Gallery Books in September 2012.
It is the story of two women and their connection to a young boy with Autism by the name of Anthony.
Since her first novel was published, Genova has become a professional speaker about Alzheimer's disease.
She has been a guest on Dr. Oz, CNN, and the Diane Rehm Show.
She appeared in the documentary film To Not Fade Away.
It is a follow-up to the Emmy Award-winning film, Not Fade Away (2009), about Marie Vitale, a woman who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at the age of 45.
Genova married and had a daughter in 2000.
By 2004 she was divorced, and that was the year she started writing full-time.
She has two more children and currently lives on Cape Cod.
References[edit]
- Jump up ^ "Lisa Genova", Simon & Schuster site
- Jump up ^ Lisa Genova, PubMed
- Jump up ^ "Still Alice". Lisa Genova Official Site. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Still Alice: Self-published novel, NYT Best Seller and Oscar-winning Motion Picture". iUniverse.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Beverly Beckham, "Despite monster, she is 'Still Alice'", Boston Globe, 16 March 2008, accessed 1 June 2014
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Total Transformation", Cape Cod Magazine, March 2011, accessed 1 June 2014
- Jump up ^ "'Still Alice' at the Lookinglass Theatre". Lookingglass Theatre. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Kristen Stewart confirmed for Still Alice Movie". Movie That Matters.
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