LISA GENOVA, Author of Remember The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

Taking A Leap -- Deborah Brown

LISA GENOVA is the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Still Alice, Love Anthony, Inside the O'Briens, Every Note Played and the one we are discussing today, Remember - The Science of Memory and The Art of Forgetting. Still Alice was adapted into an Oscar-winning film. Lisa graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in biopsychology and holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University. She travels worldwide speaking about the neurological diseases she writes about and has appeared on the Dr. Oz Show, Today, PBS News Hour, CNN and NPR. Her TED Talk "What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's" has been viewed more than 5 million times.