Bette Hagman, aka the Gluten-free Gourmet, was diagnosed as a celiac more than twenty-five years ago. Since then she has written six cookbooks, each offering a multitude of delicious wheat- and gluten-free recipes what she calls a prescription for living. She is a writer, lecturer, and twenty-five-year member of the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG). Hagman lives in Seattle.