Dan O'Brien

Author's posts

A family secret fueled my OCD. Here’s what helped.

Writing diverted and depleted my fear, at least for a while; what’s more, writing well seemed to require my obsessive-compulsive skills.

After he and his wife are diagnosed with cancer, a playwright reckons with the gift of creativity that trauma can bring

Dan O’Brien reflects on his illness, his wife’s cancer battle, creative life, family and ongoing challenges in his memoir.