Rhonda Byrne

 Rhonda Byrne is the creator of The Secret, a 2006 documentary that sparked a global movement on the power of manifestation. The following year, she released a book of the same name, which was translated into 50 languages and became a long-running bestseller. Byrne has since authored several bestselling books, including The Power (2009), The Magic (2010), Hero (2013), How The Secret Changed My Life (2016), The Greatest Secret (2020), and The Secret to Love, Health, and Money (2022).

In 2020, a Hollywood adaptation of The Secret titled The Secret: Dare To Dream was released, starring Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas. Born in 1951 in Melbourne, Australia, Byrne was a television writer and producer with credits including Oz Encounters: UFO's in Australia and Sensing Murder. Following her father's death in 2004, she found inspiration in Wallace D. Wattles' The Science of Getting Rich and began working on The Secret.

Byrne's work emphasizes the law of attraction, the idea that thoughts can directly change one's life. She has been recognized for her influence, being listed among Time Magazine's 100 people who shape the world in 2007.