The book was later adapted for the stage by Christine Mary Dunford for the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago. There are over 2.6 million copies in print, and it has been translated into 37 languages. It was on The New York Times best seller list for more than 59 weeks. The book was later acquired by Simon & Schuster and published in January 2009 by Pocket Books (now Gallery Books). Genova self-published the book in 2007 with iUniverse. The disease takes hold swiftly, and it changes Alice's relationship with her family and the world.

She is married to an equally successful husband, and they have three grown children. The central character, Alice Howland, is a 50-year-old cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned linguistics expert. Her first novel was Still Alice (2007), about a woman who suffers early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Genova taught neuroanatomy at Harvard Medical School fall 1996.

She did research at Massachusetts General Hospital East, Yale Medical School, McLean Hospital, and the National Institutes of Health. Genova graduated valedictorian, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Bates College with a BS degree in biopsychology, and in 1998 she received a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University. Gallery Books published her next three novels, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, and Inside the O'Briens, all New York Times bestsellers. Genova has written fiction about characters dealing with neurological disorders.

The book was adapted into a film in 2014 and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Julianne Moore's highly acclaimed performance as Alice Howland. It was chosen as one of the thirty titles for World Book Night 2013. The book gained popularity and was acquired by Simon & Schuster it was published in January 2009 by Pocket Books (now Gallery Books). She self-published her debut novel Still Alice (2007), about a Harvard University professor who suffers early onset Alzheimer's disease. Lisa Genova (born November 22, 1970) is an American neuroscientist and author.

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