Sue Shepherd, PhD, creator and leading advocate of the low-FODMAP diet, is coauthor of "The Complete Low-FODMAP Diet" and author of "The Low-FODMAP Diet Cookbook". The director of Shepherd Works (Australia s largest dietetic private practice), a dietitian, and Senior Lecturer and Senior Researcher at the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Shepherd also consults on several international medical advisory committees for gastrointestinal conditions. Sheherself has celiac disease.