It focuses on members of the O'Brien family, several of whom have inherited Huntington's disease, and how the disease affects their lives and relationships. Inside the O'Briens was published by Gallery Books in April 2015. An October 2012 Indie Next pick and a People Magazine Great Read. This story goes inside the mind of autism and how he affects two women. Love Anthony her third New York Times bestseller was published by Gallery Books in September 2012 the main character is Anthony, a nonverbal boy with autism. Moore won an Academy Award for Best Actress at the 87th Academy Awards for her role. Neon Park Productions and Killer Films produced a film adaptation of Still Alice in 2014, starring Julianne Moore as Alice, and co-starring Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, and Kate Bosworth. The play was produced from April 10 – May 19, 2013. 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.

Still Alice by Lisa Genova