Lynne McTaggart (born 23 January 1951, in New York City) is an American alternative medicine author, publisher, journalist, lecturer and activist. She is the author of six books, including The Field, The Intention Experiment and The Power of 8, and is the co-creator of the alternative medicine magazine What Doctors Don't Tell You. According to her author profile, she is a spokesperson "on consciousness, the new physics, and the practices of conventional and alternative medicine."