Lisa Genova

writer
neuroscientist
novelist
🇺🇸United States

Lisa Genova is an American neuroscientist and author. She self-published her debut novel, Still Alice (2007), about a Harvard University professor who suffers early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The book was adapted into a 2014 film with the same title, which won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Julianne Moore's performance as Alice Howland.

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1970 – Present
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Born in
United States
Educated at
Harvard UniversityBates College

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  • 1970

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