Hope Is on Your Side: A Motivational Journal for Those Affected by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Shannon Shy is an attorney, a retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, an author, and a motivational speaker. A member of the Board of Directors for the International OCD Foundation and an OCD advocate with the Adversity to Advocacy (A2A) Alliance, Shy writes and speaks about his personal experiences in overcoming OCD. In addition to Hope is on Your Side, Shy has authored "It'll be Okay": How I Kept Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) from Ruining My Life (Authorhouse 2009) and "Dad, I Love You All the Way to God and Back": Observations from a Five-Year Old and Five Pledges for Dads (Authorhouse 2011). Born and raised in the St. Louis metro area, Shannon graduated from Missouri State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou) School of Law. He and his wife, Debbie, have three children, Alex (21), Andrew (17), and Samantha (8) and live in northern Virginia.