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Jack Canfield(born August 19, 1944) is an American author, motivational speaker, corporate trainer, and entrepreneur. He is the co-author of theChicken Soup for the Soulseries, which has more than 250 titles and 500 million copies in print in over 40 languages. In 2005 Canfield co-authored with Janet SwitzerThe Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.

Canfield was born in Fort Worth, Texas on August 19, 1944. He spent his teen years in Wheeling, West Virginia and graduated from the Linsly Military Institute in 1962. Canfield received an A.B. in Chinese History from Harvard University in 1966. He received his M.Ed. in 1973 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Canfield received an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Santa Monica in 1981.