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  <name><![CDATA[Jack Canfield]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the &quot;Chicken Soup for the Soul&quot; book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.

Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.

Canfield is the founder of &quot;Self Esteem Seminars&quot; in Santa Barbara, and &quot;The Foundation for Self Esteem&quot; in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.

In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.

Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.

Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, &quot;The Secret,&quot; and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.

Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Fort Worth, Texas</hometown>  <born_at>08/19/1944</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mark Victor Hansen]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kimberly Kirberger]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chicken Soup for the Soul]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jack Canfield]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul: Real Stories by Real Girls About Real Stuff]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mark Victor Hansen]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Patty Hansen]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Marty Becker]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul - 101 Stories of Changes, Choices]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III: More Stories of Life, Love and Learning]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned]]></title>
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