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Lisa Genova

Lisa Genova
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Lisa Genova

Lisa Genova is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Love Anthony, Left Neglected, and Still Alice. Love Anthony, her latest, is the moving story of the mother of a boy with autism. She graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree... Read full bio

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Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
A. Shakespeare. Tell me everything.
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My life in 8 words: "Blessed, expressive, unplanned, increasingly fearless, hopeful, in love"
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    6. Lisa Genova on the neurological condition that inspired LEFT NEGLECTED
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February 4, 2009
How did I get here? So many of my roads have led me here, it must be inevitable. Let me start at the beginning. Inspired by...
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Apr 05, 2013
Love Anthony will be released on April 02, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Apr 02, 2013
Love Anthony is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 02, 2013
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Love Anthony
Dec 23, 2012
Oct 22, 2012
Love Anthony will be released on September 25, 2012 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
Sep 25, 2012
Love Anthony is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
Sep 25, 2012
Love Anthony will be released on September 25, 2012 in eBook
Sep 25, 2012
Love Anthony is now available in eBook
Sep 25, 2012
Love Anthony will be released on September 25, 2012 in Compact Disk
Sep 25, 2012
Love Anthony is now available in Compact Disk
Sep 25, 2012
Love Anthony will be released on September 25, 2012 in Audio Download
Sep 25, 2012
Love Anthony is now available in Audio Download
Sep 25, 2012
Audio Excerpt:
Love Anthony
Aug 17, 2012
Jan 31, 2012
Lisa Genova Box Set will be released on December 06, 2011 in eBook
Dec 06, 2011

Lisa Genova Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Say YES whenever possible Q. What trait is most noticeable about you? A. Physically? Probably my Italian nose. Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. honesty, adventure, compassion Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. Shakespeare. Tell me everything. Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. Spitting Learn more about Lisa Genova

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American Way, April 20, 2013
...Egan The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho El Alquimista by Paulo Coelho Bossypants by Tina Fey Still Alice by Lisa Genova Looking for Alaska by John Green Playing for Pizza by John Grisham Mudbound by Hillary Jordan The Phantom Tollbooth by...
Broadway World, April 19, 2013
...premiere of Still Alice, adapted and directed by Ensemble Member Christine Mary Dunford, based on the novel by Lisa Genova. The production runs now through May 19, 2013 at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago's historic Water Tower Water...
Chicago Now, April 19, 2013
...translated by Elena Poniatowska The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan Still Alice, Lisa Genova Looking for Alaska, John Green Playing for Pizza, John Grisham Mudbound, Hillary Jordan The Phantom Tollbooth,...
Post Crescent, April 19, 2013
..._ When New York Times bestselling author Lisa Genova autographs copies of her book Still Alice, she inscribes the words, You are more than what you remember. The book is a fictional account of a 50-year-old woman with...
Matawan-Aberdeen Patch, April 18, 2013
...Fey (Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books) Good Omens, Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett  (William Morrow Paperbacks/HarperCollins) Still Alice, Lisa Genova (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster) Looking for Alaska, John Green (Speak/Penguin Group (USA)) Playing...
Homer News, April 18, 2013
...The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, “Good Omens” by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova, “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster, “The Tender Bar” by J.R. Moehringer and “Glaciers” by Alexis...
Individual.com, April 18, 2013
...Jenny Praest will be handing out copies of the Lisa Genova novel "Still Alice" at John Rogers Memorial Library in Dodge before relocating to the food pantry there. It's the same strategy the library's director implemented during last...
Examiner.com, April 6, 2013
...The world premiere of Still Alice based on the award-winning novel by Lisa Genova opens on April 10 at Lookingglass Theatre Company. Adapted and directed by Ensemble Member Christine Mary Dunford, the play centers around Professor Alice Howland...
Tullahoma News, April 6, 2013
...inevitable darkness. In the world of Alzheimer’s disease, there are no happy endings, and Harvard University neuroscientist Lisa Genova has written a novel that places its readers squarely in the mind of Alice as she struggles to maintain a sense of...
Belmont Patch, April 6, 2013
...New York Times best-selling author and former Belmont resident Lisa Genova will be at Thirty Petals Boutique  – where she was a long-time loyal customer of owner's Erica Kleinkopf clothes and accessories shop in Belmont Center – on ...
Inquirer and Mirror, April 4, 2013
...Lisa Genova...
USA Today, April 4, 2013
...reprint). The romance writer chronicles her family's year-long sabbatical in the City of Light. Love Anthony by Lisa Genova (Gallery, fiction, reprint). A mother tries to find meaning in her autistic son's short life; by the author of Still Alice. Some...
Natick Patch, April 2, 2013
...Alliance of MetroWest, A Program of Advocates, Inc. is delighted to welcome   New York Times bestselling author LISA GENOVA for a discussion of LOVE ANTHONY a novel about autism, motherhood, and loving without condition. Saturday, April 6 11 a.m....
Buffalo News, April 1, 2013
...November: My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt December: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton January: Still Alice by Lisa Genova February: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin March: Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote April: American Eve:...