Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is the author, main character, and narrator of this book. Oprah is an internationally famous television host, actor, and media mogul. She is perhaps one of the most successful people in lifestyle media and virtually all readers will be at least peripherally familiar with who she is and what she does. Oprah is most well-known for hosting the Oprah talk-show for 25 years, but she has also worked as a Hollywood actress and has an eponymous magazine and TV network. Oprah is also well-known for her charity work, particularly with women and girls, and for giving generous gifts to people in need, including the audience members of her talk show.

Oprah, a black woman, was born in 1954 in rural Mississippi during the height of the Jim Crow era. Oprah is a self-made mogul who began her career are a broadcast journalist in Baltimore in her...