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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Oliver Napoleon Hill was born October 26, 1883, and spent decades pitching a seductive idea: that intense belief could reshape reality and deliver wealth. In 1937 he published Think and Grow Rich, which became one of the best-selling self-help books ever printed. The principles he sold — fervid expectations, relentless focus on success — found an audience hungry for a formula. But Hill's biography was shakier than his doctrine: criminal charges and fraud accusations followed him, and his claim that Andrew Carnegie had personally commissioned him to study success couldn't be verified. He kept writing, kept promoting, and the books kept moving. Hill died November 8, 1970, leaving a library of optimism built on a foundation historians still question.