Oliver Napoleon Hill (1883-1970) was an American self-help author. His best-known book Think and Grow Rich is among the 10 best-selling self-help books of all time. Born poor in a small Appallachian town in Virginia, Hill experienced several failed startup ventures before his first book, The Law of Success (1928), became a major success. After the Great Depression depleted some of his wealth and his second book was a commercial failure, Hill rebounded in 1937 when Think and Grow Rich became a best-seller. Hill's works hold that belief in one's expectations are essential to improving one's life.

Jim Seybert is an author, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, and a SAG/AFTRA member. He anchored radio news broadcasts from 1974 through 1992, led marketing for a nationwide group of independent bookstores, and is the PA announcer for a Collegiate League baseball team. A 2018 SOVAS Award nominee for Best Narration, he has published two books in leadership. He and his wife make their home in Arroyo Grande, California.