Hugh Prather

Hugh Edmondson Prather III (January 23, 1938 – November 15, 2010) was an American self-help writer, lay minister, and counselor, most famous for his first book, Notes to Myself, which was first published in 1970 by Real People Press, and later reprinted by Bantam Books. It has sold over 5 million copies, and has been translated into ten languages.

Family, early life, and education Hugh Prather's father, Hugh Prather, Jr., grandfather, Hugh Prather, Sr., and great grandfather, John S. Armstrong, contributed to the growth of the city of Dallas, Texas. Prather, Sr., Armstrong, and Armstrong's other son-in-law, Edgar Flippen, helped plan and build the town of Highland Park, which is now part of the enclave Park Cities surrounded by the city of Dallas. In 1931, Flippen and Prather, Sr. developed Highland Park Village, the first planned shopping center in the United States. Hugh Prather, Jr., ran the shopping center after his father's death. The book became "a phenomenon" of the 1970s, according to The New York Times, and as of 2010 it remained in print.