Book Signing
Alice Novic
River City Sparkle 2009 Keynote Speaker
Alice Novic, M.D.
We are excited to welcome acclaimed author Alice Novic as our keynote speaker for River City Sparkle 2009.
Alice Novic, M.D. is a psychiatrist practicing psychotherapy and psychopharmacology in Los Angeles, CA. Her diverse clientele includes many gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people in addition to her more mainstream patients. She is a member of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Her advice columns have been featured in GIRLTALK magazine and URNotAlone.com, and she is the proud author of Alice in Genderland, the first major memoir by a crossdresser.
"Up until this point, I had seen myself as an essentially normal man trying to live an essentially normal life with the woman he loved. But now Rick was falling faster and faster down the rabbit hole and watching more and more of him become Alice the further he fell." –Alice Novic, Alice in Genderland
Alice will speak from her unique perspective as both a mental health
professional and a member of the transgender community who has
struggled for, and found, self-acceptance.
Her powerful message is
one of hope that each of us can find the courage to be who we
truly are and to live a rich, fulfilling, and authentic life.
Check out the new interview with Alice in the September issue
of Facets, the monthly
e-magazine of
the River Gems. And don't miss your chance to meet Alice and hear
her speak at River City Sparkle 2009!