Her first book, Brain on Fire, has sold over a million copies and has been translated into more than twenty languages. In 2016, Brain on Fire was made into a Netflix original movie. Her second book, The Great Pretender, which was named a best book of 2020 by Time, The Guardian and The Sunday Times, was shortlisted for the Royal Society’s 2020 Science Book Prize.

She has been profiled in the New York Times, featured as an answer on Jeopardy!: delivered a TEDx Talk, and appeared as a guest on The Today Show, PBS, BBC’s Inside Science, and Fresh Air, among many others. Her advocacy work has taken her around the world, speaking to universities and medical schools. In 2022, she was awarded the American Brain Foundation’s Ambassador Award for her advocacy in brain disorders and mental health awareness.

She lives in New Jersey with Stephen Grywalski (the hero of Brain on Fire) and their three children.