Wallace Wattles

Wallace Delois Wattles (1860–1911) was an American author. A New Thought writer. He remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements.

Wattles' best known work is a 1910 book called The Science of Getting Rich in which he explains how to become wealthy.

The book is influenced by Wallace Wattles' 1910 book The Science of Getting Rich, which Rhonda Byrne received from her daughter during a time of personal trauma in 2004.