Suggested Interview Questions

1. What personal life experiences inspired you to write Una Vida?



2. What message would you like readers to get from Una Vida?



3. Una Vida takes place in New Orleans. How is it that someone born in Argentina, who spent a good portion of his life there, came to know so much about the culture of New Orleans?



4. Una Vida is fiction, yet it is rooted in science. Was it difficult for a Neuroscientist such as your self to work in the scientific aspects of Alzheimer's and still maintain a moving, fast-paced story that the general public would enjoy?



5. Currently you are a renowned neuroscientist who has lived in New Orleans for a while, which gives you the experience and background to write about the city and diseases of the mind; but was there anything in your book that you included that you had to research? If so, what?



6. How long did it take you to write the book and what was the process like?



7. There is a love story of sorts in Una Vida, but the book is not a "romance." Tell us about the heart-felt emotional component of the story.



8. To what author would you compare your unique writing style and why?



9. Anything exciting on the horizon for you or your book?



10. Do you plan to write another book? If so, where do you think it would take place?