Jeff O'Driscoll

Jeff O’Driscoll, MD, started writing more than thirty years ago while still a medical student. His most recent book, ZEN'S GARDEN, is fictional, but it draws on his 25-year career as an emergency physician. Dr. Solas Murphy struggles to get his head around the uncommon experiences he has in the ER that science can't explain. When his daughter, Zen, dies suddenly, it sends Solas on a quest to find himself and to save his marriage and career.

NOT YET is a memoir exploring the tender and instructive segues between the mortal and spiritual realms. Through his many shared-death experiences in the emergency department, and through what he likes to call Near-Life Experiences, Dr. O’Driscoll offers insights into life and death and the connections between this life and the next.

In 2017 Jeff published his first novel, WHO BURIED ACHILLES?, a gritty, fast-paced redemption story set in present-day Europe. Jeff began researching and writing his novel three years earlier when he spent five weeks traveling Europe. Much of the book was written on trains between Germany, Italy, Switzerland and France. Separate trips to London, Barcelona and Monaco added authentic details.

Dr. O’Driscoll's first published paper delved into ancient scripture and Old Testament theology. Later papers dealt with medical science and emergency department administration and service quality. His first book, HYRUM SMITH: A LIFE OF INTEGRITY, explored the life of an early nineteenth-century religious figure on the western frontier of the United States. The meticulous research is documented in nearly 1,200 footnotes and a generous bibliography.

Jeff started writing children’s books when his three-year-old granddaughter said, “Papa, tell me a story.” After teaming up with a superb illustrator and graphic designer, Lisa Hildebrand, Jeff published six children’s books in 2017, available on his website.

Jeff’s straightforward writing style stems from his childhood in rural Utah, his twenty-five years in the emergency department, his thirty-eight-year marriage, and the powerful lessons learned from five children.