Lisa Genova, the Harvard-trained neuroscientist who became nationally known in 2007 for her exploration of early onset Alzheimer's in “Still Alice,” takes on bipolar disorder in her latest book, “More ...

Lisa Genova's improbable journey from neuroscientist to hit novelist includes a storybook scene right out of fiction: sitting at the Academy Awards in joyful tears, watching Julianne Moore win an ...

As a neuroscientist, Lisa Genova’s scientific knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease is naturally much greater than the average person. But last week, in front of a large UB Distinguished Speakers Series ...

Confronted by her own grandmother’s illness, writer and neuroscientist Lisa Genova started her exploration of Alzheimer’s with one question: What does it actually feel like to have the disease? Her ...

Lisa Genova ’92, author of the popular novels Still Alice and Left Neglected, speaks at Bates at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, in the Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. This event is open to the public ...

“Still Alice” author Lisa Genova, who has her PhD. in neuroscience, writes about families coping with neurological diseases or disorders, which she says are often “ignored, feared or misunderstood.” ...

Dr. Alice Howland is a linguistics professor at Harvard University. She is wildly successful, well-respected and happily married to her intellectual equal. Her biggest problem is that one of her adult ...

Lisa Genova is a success story of a kind that’s likely to become much more common, said Lev Grossman in Time. The 38-year-old Harvard Ph.D. didn’t listen two years ago when an agent told her she would ...

In fiction as in life, illness thickens the plot - especially if the afflicted character is young, the disease's onset sudden and the suffering prolonged. It can make a story beautifully sad, darkly ...

In All Ages, Globe Books asks authors to dig deep for memorable books that span their lifetime, from childhood to what’s on their reading list right now. Lisa Genova is a Harvard-graduated ...

Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, often called “one of the most courageous persons the civil rights movement ever produced,” will deliver the Bates College Commencement address and receive an ...