Author

Samuel Shem

5 books, mostly humor satire, for Penguin Audio and Tantor Audio, 2011–2023

Samuel Shem is the pen name of psychiatrist and physician Stephen J. Bergman, MD. He began his fiction career with The House of God (1978), a landmark satirical medical novel based on his experiences as a hospital intern, and later wrote Mount Misery, Fine, The Spirit of the Place, Man's 4th Best Hospital, and Our Hospital. He is also a playwright, essayist, and activist, and has collaborated with Janet Surrey on books and the award-winning play Bill W. and Dr. Bob.