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Genova 92, best-selling author of Still Alice, Left Neglected, to speak
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Lisa Genova 92 is the author of Still Alice and Left Neglected.
Lisa Genova 92, author of the popular novels Still Alice and Left Neglected, speaks at Bates at p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, in the Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
This event is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please contact
Genova, who has a doctorate in neuroscience from Harvard, is recognized for creating compelling fiction about characters afflicted with cognitive disorders. Her talk is presented by the College Key Distinguished Alumni in Residence program, which brings Bates graduates prominent in their fields to campus to visit classes and meet with students and faculty, in addition to the public lecture.
Genova is a master of getting into the heads of her characters, relating from the inside out what its like to suffer from a debilitating disease, wrote a USA Today reviewer in How she does it we dont know, but she does, and brilliantly.
Genovas fiction-writing debut was Still Alice, the story of Alice Howland, a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard who is diagnosed with Alz
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Lisa Genova graduated valedictorian, summa cum laude from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University.
Acclaimed as the Oliver Sacks of fiction and the Michael Crichton of brain science, Lisa has captured a special place in contemporary fiction, writing stories that are equally inspired by neurological conditions and our shared human condition. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels STILL ALICE, LEFT NEGLECTED, LOVE ANTHONY, INSIDE THE O'BRIENS, and EVERY NOTE PLAYED.
Her first work of nonfiction, REMEMBER: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting, published March , became an instant New York Times bestseller.
STILL ALICE was adapted into a film starrinLisa Genova graduated valedictorian, summa cum laude from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University.
Acclaimed as the Oliver Sacks of fiction and the Michael Crichton of brain science, Lisa has captured a special place