Join Mandy on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at Magic Hour in Ojai for a luncheon with author Lisa Genova.
Mandy and Lisa will be in conversation about Lisa’s latest novel More or Less Maddy.
Lisa Genova is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Still Alice, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, Inside the O’Briens, and Every Note Played. Still Alice was adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, and Kristen Stewart. 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 NewsHour, CNN, and NPR. Her TED talk, “What You Can Do To Prevent Alzheimer’s,” has been viewed more than five million times.
Event tickets are $130 and include a copy of More or Less Maddy, a three-course prix fixe lunch, engaging conversation between Lisa Genova and Mandy Jackson-Beverly, followed by a Q&A and book signing.