Gay Courter is an American author, film maker, and children's rights activist. Her first non-fiction work; The Beansprout Book (1973) introduced beansprouts to the supermarkets of America, and she eventually became known as "The Pied Piper of sprouting." Five of her books have been on the New York Times Bestseller list, including her first novel; The Midwife (1981), that was also included on a list of Longest Best Selling Books in 1982. Her works have been translated into several languages, including: French, Spanish, and Swedish. Courter is credited with being one of the first Women Authors to write a published novel on a word processor.