The Beast Within

Growing up in a small town in the 1970's - things honestly couldn't sound much simpler. But take that simple existence, pair it with a then-unheard-of chemical imbalance' (which itself can breed very unnatural and inexplicable behaviors in its aflictees), and then you have the full range of ingredients necessary to cook up a good, seedy book. Handled with wit and humor, in this, her third work, The Beast Within - Living With OCD,' author Angie O'Neal describes the trials and tribulations of growing up with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. "Had I not actually possessed one of these chemical imbalances, myself, " she says, "like anyone else, I know I'd find the actual existence of these conditions' a little hard to fathom as well." Writing has always been one of her hobbies. But in 1993, after earning her English degree from North Carolina State University, Angie decided to take her writing to the next level. To date, she has three books in print; Stalked' and See No Evil,' which are both fictional murder mysteries, and her latest, The Beast Within - Living With OCD,' an autobiographical account of growing up different' in such an unforgiving world. And are there plans for a new project on the horizon? "Yes," she confirms. The groundwork for her fourth book, Cop's Wife - The Silent Partner,' has already been laid out. The second of her autobiographies, it is expected to be completed by April of 2006 and available for purchase by July of that same year.