Gay Courter

Novelist

Birthday October 1, 1944

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Pittsburgh, PA

Age 79 years old

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About

American author best known for her extensive list of best-selling novels and non-fiction works. Her popular works include The Midwife, Code Ezra, and Flowers in the Blood. Her 2003 How To Survive Your Husband's Mid-Life Crisis was co-written with Pat Gaudette. 

Before Fame

She graduated from Antioch College in 1966. She worked for several years as a freelance screenwriter before publishing her debut work, The Beansprout Book, in 1973.

Trivia

She received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her 1995 non-fiction work, I Speak for this Child: True Stories of a Child Advocate.

Family Life

She grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She and her husband, Phillip, were married in the late 1960s.

Associated With

Both she and fellow author, John Robbins, attended Antioch College.