In 2003, Lisa Cerasoli met with Ken Atchity about her screenplay. He said, Sounds like a novel. She started writing while simultaneously leaving for Michigan to care for her Dad. On the Brink of Bliss & Insanity was the result. It won The London & L.A. Book Festivals. As Nora Jo Fades Away, 2010 Paris Book Festival winner, evolved when Lisa & family took in her gram upon diagnosis of Alzheimer's. Lisa refers her documentary, 14 DAYS with Alzheimer's, as the sequel to her memoir.