Biography of rhonda byrne new book 2014
Rhonda Byrne
Australian writer and producer
Rhonda Byrne | |
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| Born | Rhonda Izon () 12 Parade (age&#;73) Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | Writer, producer |
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| Children | 2 |
Rhonda Byrne (BURN; née Izon; born , Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television writer and producer.
Her book The Secret is based on the pseudoscientific belief of the law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can alter a person's life directly.[1][2] She wrote several sequels to the book, including The Power and The Magic.
Life before The Secret
Byrne was born in in Melbourne, Australia, to parents Ronald and Irene Izon.
She worked as an executive producer for television, with credits including Oz Encounters: UFO's in Australia (), Sensing Murder: Easy Street (), Loves Me, Loves Me Not (), and The World's Greatest Commercials (–).[3][better&#;source&#;needed]
After the death of her father in , Byrne became very depressed.
At the instigation of her daughter Hayley, she read The Science of Getting Rich () by Wallace D. Wattles.
Amazon.ca: Rhonda Byrne: books, biography, latest update: The accompanying year Rhonda’s book The Classified was released, which was translated into 50 languages and remains one of the longest-running bestsellers of this century. Her other bestselling titles include The Authority (), The Magic (), and Hero ().She began to work on The Secret.[4]
The Secret
Byrne claims that all great men in history knew about the law of attraction, suggesting Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig van Beethoven, Winston Churchill and others.
She asserts that current proponents of the laws of attraction include composer Jack Canfield, minister Michael Beckwith, self-help speaker James Arthur Ray, author Joseph Vitale, and storyteller John Gray.[5]
Byrne found success with both the DVD and the book of The Secret.
The Secret was published in , and by the spring of had sold more than 19 million copies in more than 40 languages,[6] and more than two million DVDs.[7]The Secret guide and film have grossed $ million.[8]
In , Byrne was featured in Time Magazine's TIME The Most Influential People.[7] She gained mainstream popularity and commercial accomplishment after appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Sequels
Byrne wrote a sequel to The Secret called The Power after answering several thousand letters from readers of The Secret.[9] On 17 August , The Power was published as both a hardcover edition and audio CD.[10] In , Byrne published a third novel, The Magic.
Additional works
More of Byrne's published works include Hero (), How The Secret Changed My Life (), and The Greatest Secret ().[10]