"Earl NightingaleEarl Nightingale was an American radio speaker and author, dealing mostly with the subjects of human character development, motivation, and meaningful existence.Nightingale was the author of The Strangest Secret, which economist Terry Savage has termed ""...one of the great motivational books of all time.""George S. ClasonGeorge Samuel Clason was an American author. He is most often associated with his book "The Richest Man in Babylon". He attended the University of Nebraska and served in the United States Army during the Spanish- American War.Beginning a long career in publishing, he founded the Clason Map Company of Denver, Colorado, and published the first road atlas of the United States and Canada. In 1926, he issued the first of a famous series of pamphlets on thrift and financial success, using parables set in ancient Babylon to make each of his points. These were distributed in large quantities by banks and insurance companies and became familiar to millions, the most famous being ""The Richest Man in Babylon,"" the parable from which the present volume takes its title. "