jeffs wrote the memoir "lost boy" along with author maia szalavitz, which was released on may 19, 2009. the book is a depiction of life within the flds church and his ostracism from the organization at a young age. the title of the book comes from the term "the lost boys", which refers to the many young men expelled from the flds church. jeffs is a grandson to flds "prophet" rulon jeffs, nephew to imprisoned flds "prophet" warren jeffs and lyle jeffs, and his mother is the daughter of another non-flds "prophet" as well.