I’m a Neuroscientist turned NY Times Bestselling Novelist who has written about Alzheimer’s, Autism, traumatic brain injury, Huntington’s disease and most recently, ALS. I’m Lisa Genova. AMA!

Hi! When my grandmother had Alzheimer’s, I learned all about the neuroscience of her disease, but I was still left wondering–what does it feel like to have Alzheimer’s? I rearranged my life to answer this question. In my quest for empathy, I traded in my pipette for a pen and wrote a novel about a woman with Alzheimer’s, told from her perspective. But no one would represent or publish my book. 100 rejection letters later, I self-published it, selling copies out of the trunk of my car until it eventually found an agent and Simon and Schuster. Fast forward 10 years. STILL ALICE has been translated into 36 languages and was adapted into a film that won Julianne Moore an Oscar. My 5th novel, EVERY NOTE PLAYED, was published March 20. I write stories about people living with neurological diseases who are ignored, feared, or misunderstood, using fiction as an accessible way to educate and raise compassionate awareness. Here I am. Ask me anything!WebsiteFacebookInstagramTwitterTED TalkProof: https://ift.tt/2GpLkUU via /r/books https://ift.tt/2GXAXZw