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Geoff Williams

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Geoff Williams
BornGeoffrey Ray Williams
23 January, 1955
Harisonville, MO

Geoffrey Ray “Geoff” Williams (not to be confused with Geoffrey Williams of "Gathering Dust" fame), is a comedy magician best known for his "Miracles for Mortals" two-volume DVD set by Kozmo Magic (and which included the solo breakout "The 'I Hate David Copperfield' Trick") was released in the winter of 2005.

"The 'I Hate David Copperfield' Trick" was on Penguin Magic's Top 10 list for almost a year.

Books

  • "The Lecture Your Mother Never Gave You" 1999
  • The Lecture Your Father Never Gave You" 2009.
  • "No Adult Supervision" 2009 (The Mother Notes and the Father Notes updated and combined into a single volume)
  • "Stuff That Violates My Parole Because It Gets Such A Good Reaction," 2014.


Geoff was born January 23, 1955, in Harrisonville, MO (just outside of Kansas City, MO). After high school, he toured Europe with an acting troupe (Heart of America Theater, Inc.).

As a freelance writer, he wrote over a dozen "Top Ten Lists" for Late Show with David Letterman between 1997 and 2009.

Geoff has performed and lectured in 17 countries throughout Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Australia, as well as all over the USA.

Geoff was voted one of the Top 4 Favorite Corporate Entertainment Companies in the Tampa Bay Business Journal's "Best in the Biz" Readers' Choice Awards.

Currently, he's featured on 11 magic instructional DVDs being sold by magic dealers worldwide.

Geoff is a member of the 4F, a by-invitation-only gathering of some of the best sleight-of-hand performers on the planet. Representing 21 different countries, there are only 220 4F members (Geoff is one of the few in all of Florida).

He specializes in both close-up, strolling sleight-of-hand entertainment as well as larger, stage shows and his performance style is "powerful sleight-of-hand illusions mixed with offbeat, family-friendly comedy."