Ronald-Stéphane Gilbert
About the Author
Born in Maine of Québécois descent, Ronald-Stéphane Gilbert is a retired global marketing-communications executive. A member of the Authors Guild and the Academy of American Poets, he is now a full-time novelist whose work has attained finalist or silver-medalist status in such major competitions as the Hawthorne Prize, North American Book Awards, International Book Awards, and Indie Excellence Awards. His mother’s demise from dementia and Alzheimer’s led him to write Conversations with My Mother as well as to become an active participant in the Cleveland Clinic’s landmark Brain and MIND studies. He currently resides in northeast Ohio, with his wife, Leah, and their aged Pekingese, Reggie.
Praise for “Conversations With My Mother”
“ This story, so well told . . . provides a powerful window into the lives of people living with dementia as well as the loved ones who care for them. I hope it will help spark a national conversation about dementia that will bring it out of the shadows and eliminate the stigma that too often impedes progress.”
—George Vradenburg, cofounder the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative and UsAgainstAlzheimers