Lewis Ganson

Infobox_Person
Name = Lewis Ganson
Background = close up magician
Birth_name = Lewis Ganson
nationality = British
known_for = sleight of Hand, card magic, coin magic
Alias = Lewis Ganson
Occupation = professional magician
birth_place = London, Englandflagicon|United Kingdom Born 1930
death_cause = natural causes
occupation = magician
death_date = 1980

Lewis Ganson (1930 - December 22, 1980) was born in London, England and become one of the most prolific writers in magic. [cite web |url=http://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php/Lewis Ganson |title= Lewis Ganson MagicPedia entry] He went on to write more than sixty books on magic. [cite web |url=http://www.magicnook.com/forum/bioFG.htm |title= Biographys Page FG]

For years, he was the editor of Harry Stanley's The Gen and contributor to Magigram magazines. He was also a vice president of the British Ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.

Lewis Ganson was a professional close-up magician, except for his time in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1939-1958. [cite web |url=http://www.lybrary.com/lewis-ganson-m-148.html |title= Lewis Ganson]

Published works

* Routined Manipulation, Vol. 1 (1950)
* Routined Manipulation, Vol. 2 (1952)
* Routined Manipulation Finale (1954)
* Dai Vernon Book of Magic (1957)
* Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1959)
* Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1960)
* Magic of Slydini, The (1960)
* Vernon's Further Secrets of Card Magic (1961)
* Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic (1967)
* Art of Close-up, The Vol. 1 (1968)
* Art of Close-up, The Vol. 2 (1969)

Awards and Honors

* Magic Castle Academy of Magical Arts' first Literary Fellowship in 1968.

See also

*List of magicians
*Magicians
*Card magic
*Coin magic
*sleight of hand

External links

*SeeMagicPedia
* [http://www.lybrary.com/lewis-ganson-m-148.html Lewis Ganson short biography]
* [http://archive.denisbehr.de/archive/resultbook.php?book=158&edit= Lewis Ganson - Dai Vernon book of Magic bibliography]

References