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Lisa Genova was born on 22 November, 1970 in United States, is an American female literary fiction writer. Discover Lisa Genova's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?
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Lisa Genova (born November 22, 1970) is an American neuroscientist and author.
Moore won an Academy Award for Best Actress at the 87th Academy Awards for her role.
Genova taught neuroanatomy at Harvard Medical School in fall 1996.
Genova graduated valedictorian, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Bates College with a Bachelor of Science degree in biopsychology, and in 1998 she received a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University.
She did research at Massachusetts General Hospital East, Yale Medical School, McLean Hospital, and the National Institutes of Health.
She self-published her debut novel, Still Alice (2007), about a Harvard University professor who suffers early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Her first novel was Still Alice (2007), about a woman who suffers early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
The central character, Alice Howland, is a 50-year-old cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned linguistics expert.
She is married to an equally successful husband, with whom she has 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.
The book gained popularity and was acquired by Simon & Schuster; it was published in January 2009 by Pocket Books (now Gallery Books).
There are over 2.6 million copies in print, and it has been translated into 37 languages.
The book was later acquired by Simon & 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 59 weeks.
There are over 2.6 million copies in print, and it has been translated into 37 languages.
The book was later adapted for the stage by Christine Mary Dunford for the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago.
She has been a guest on The TODAY Show, Dr. Oz, CNN, PBS News Hour, 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.
Left Neglected (2011) 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.
It was a New York Times bestseller, the No. 1 Indie Next Pick for January 2011, the Borders "Book You’ll Love" for January 2011, and the No. 4 Indie Reading Group Pick for summer 2011.
Left Neglected was chosen by the Richard & Judy Book Club in the UK.
Love Anthony, her third New York Times bestseller, was published by Gallery Books in September 2012.
The main character is Anthony, a nonverbal boy with autism.
This story goes inside the mind of autism and how Anthony affects two women.
The book was an October 2012 Indie Next pick and a People Great Read.
It was chosen as one of the thirty titles for World Book Night 2013.
The play was produced from April 10 – May 19, 2013.
The book was adapted into a 2014 film, which won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Julianne Moore's highly acclaimed performance as Alice Howland.
Genova has written fiction about characters dealing with neurological disorders.
Gallery Books published her next three novels, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, and Inside the O'Briens, all New York Times bestsellers.
Neon Park Productions and Killer Films produced a film adaptation of Still Alice in 2014, starring Julianne Moore as Alice, and co-starring Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, and Kate Bosworth.
Inside the O'Briens was published by Gallery Books in April 2015.
It focuses on members of the O'Brien family, several of whom have inherited Huntington's disease, and how the disease affects their lives and relationships.
It was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for fiction in 2015.
It was a No. 1 hardcover fiction title in Canada and a New York Times bestseller.
Every Note Played is Genova's fifth novel and was released in March 2018.
It follows the main character, a pianist by trade, as he discovers and lives with a diagnosis of ALS.
Since her first novel was published, Genova has become a professional speaker about Alzheimer's disease.