Rhonda Byrne (/bɜːrn/ BURN; née Izon; born 1951, 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 change a person's life directly.
Byrne was born in 1951 in Melbourne, Australia, to parents Ronald and Irene Izon.
[4] Byrne claims that all great men in history knew about the law of attraction, suggesting Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig van Beethoven, Winston Churchill and others.
[7] She gained mainstream popularity and commercial success after appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show.