Lynette Eklund’s memoir WEIRD: A Monster-maker’s Journey From Small Town to Hollywood With OCD is a Hollywood monster-maker became an instant Amazon best-seller. Through the story of her lifelong struggle with multiple forms of severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder that were only recently being diagnosed, Lynette takes us behind-the-scenes of some of the biggest effects films of our time, showing us how her weird neurodiverse thinking and habits became her superpower in the competitive male-dominated world of special effects.

Her credits include Beetlejuice, Oscar-nominated dinosaurs in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Emmy-winning effects for The Stand, The Sandlot, Peanut for Terry Fador, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, recently released Dust Bunny, a Mr. Beast challenge, the up-coming horror film Buddy, and nearly two hundred more. She is also a library board member and supporter of the LA fire recovery funds through her crime story Block Party in the LAXtrasshort story collection.

Her memoir has gained the support and endorsement of many her fellow Hollywood co-workers, as well as several best-selling authors. Lynette is using her memoir to help spread ODC awareness through interviews and appearance.

She now considers herself OC but not D.