Writing includes:

The Psychic, a novel, 1997

Mystery Catcher, a screenplay about Moe Berg, 1998

New Years Day, a screenplay, 1999

Sleeping On the Analyst's Couch, a memoir, 2000

Maggie's Table, a screenplay 2004

Indispensable, a screenplay, 2017

Uncovered, a screenplay in progress

Blooming Backwards, non-fiction in collaboration with Robert Sedgwick, MD regarding ADHD in high school students.

A Furry Christmas Miracle, a Christmas teleplay in progress

What My Sister Taught Me, non-fiction in collaboration with Laurel Doran Lucas in progress

Mystery Catcher, six part mini-series in progress

Sleeping on The Analyst's Couch, a two act stage play 2018



BA English UC Berkeley, 1971

MA Secondary Education, English, Cal State U, 1975



Deirdre Doran grew up in the sun drenched world of Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s at a time when Hollywood was bursting with romance and star power. The daughter of a playwright and a renowned Beverly Hills psychoanalyst, she learned early to pay attention to em