Napoleon Hill?was born in 1883 in Virginia and had a long and successful career as a lecturer, author, and consultant to business leaders. His?Think and Grow Rich?is the all-time bestseller in its field, having sold millions of copies worldwide, and setting the standard for today's motivational thinking. He died in 1970.

Joel Fotinos, a vice president at the Penguin Pubishing Group, is the publisher of the TarcherPerigee imprint, and is the founder and publisher of the Putnam Praise publishing program. He is a cofounder and a minister of Sacred Center New York, and the author of Creating Your Think and Grow Rich Master Mind. He lives in New Jersey.