Catherine Marshall (19141983), New York Times best-selling author of thirty books, is best known for her novel Christy, which captured the hearts of millions and became a popular CBS television series. She also shared the story of her husband, Peter Marshall, in A Man Called Peter. The film adaptation, an immediate box office hit, was nominated for an Academy Award. A decade after Peter's untimely death, Catherine married Leonard LeSourd, executive editor of Guideposts. The writing team collaborated on Christy and seventeen other books, often at their home on Evergreen Farm. Catherine's career spanned four decades and thirty million readers.