About the Author
Gary Brown is a magic historian, collector and freelance writer. He has written more than two dozen articles about magicians, spiritualists, gamblers and carnival performers for popular and magicians trade magazines including American Heritage, Invention & Technology, Emmy and Audacity. His first book, The Coney Island Fakir, a biography of sideshow magician Al Flosso, appeared in 1997. "Grand Illusions," a fifty-part series on the history of magic produced for The Discovery Channel and released on DVD, showcases Mr. Brown as an expert on the history of magic. He has also appeared as a commentator on A&E, NBC-TV, Court TV, Discovery Health and National Public Radio.
The Coney Island Fakir is Mr. Brown's first book.
Correspondence for Mr. Brown can be addressed to mail@ThrowingCard.com.
