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− | '''Steve Beam''' (b. 1958) | + | '''Steve Beam''' (b. 1958) was the editor of The [[Trapdoor]] from 1983 to 1998 and the author of the Semi-Automatic Card Tricks series (10 volumes). |
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
− | Beam became interested in magic by the age of eleven. Has worked as a Finance Director of Housing Authority in Raleigh, North Carolina. | + | Beam became interested in magic by the age of eleven. Has worked as a Finance Director of the Raleigh Housing Authority in Raleigh, North Carolina. He served as the CEO from 1996 until his retirement in 2014. |
Starting working as a part-time magician in 1977, specializing in close-up, card, comedy, and club magic. | Starting working as a part-time magician in 1977, specializing in close-up, card, comedy, and club magic. | ||
− | Beam started | + | Beam started his mail-order company "Trapdoor Productions" in Williston, South Carolina in 1978.<ref>Who's Who in Magic: An International Biographical Guide From Past to Present by Bart Whaley (1990)</ref> |
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
* ''They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To or You Too Can Walk on Water'' (1978) | * ''They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To or You Too Can Walk on Water'' (1978) | ||
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* ''The Underhand Shuffle'' (2001) | * ''The Underhand Shuffle'' (2001) | ||
* ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 4'' (2002) | * ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 4'' (2002) | ||
− | * '' | + | * ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 5'' (2004) |
* ''Noteworthy'' (1998) | * ''Noteworthy'' (1998) | ||
+ | * ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 6'' (2006) | ||
+ | * ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 7'' (2006) | ||
+ | * ''Counter Attack '' (2008) | ||
+ | * ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 8'' (2010) | ||
+ | * ''FFFF-ing Great Card Moves (2011) | ||
+ | * ''Gourmet Card Magic (2012) | ||
+ | * ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 9'' (2015) | ||
+ | * ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 10'' (2015) | ||
{{References}} | {{References}} |
Revision as of 23:02, 1 December 2016
Steve Beam | |
Born | February 5, 1958 Fort Knox, Kentucky |
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Steve Beam (b. 1958) was the editor of The Trapdoor from 1983 to 1998 and the author of the Semi-Automatic Card Tricks series (10 volumes).
Biography
Beam became interested in magic by the age of eleven. Has worked as a Finance Director of the Raleigh Housing Authority in Raleigh, North Carolina. He served as the CEO from 1996 until his retirement in 2014.
Starting working as a part-time magician in 1977, specializing in close-up, card, comedy, and club magic.
Beam started his mail-order company "Trapdoor Productions" in Williston, South Carolina in 1978.[1]
Publications
- They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To or You Too Can Walk on Water (1978)
- Magic - The Vanishing Art (1979)
- Card Tricks from Mount Olympus (1980)
- The Changing of the Cards (1982)
- Super Stack (1989)
- Illogical: A Lecture by Scott Robinson (1993)
- Multiple Impact (1993)
- Semi-Automatic Card Tricks (1993)
- Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 2 (1995)
- Vienna Notes: Special Lecture (1995)
- Digital Effects: The Magic of Joe Mogar (1997)
- Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 3 (2000)
- Hand-Picked Card Tricks (2001)
- The Underhand Shuffle (2001)
- Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 4 (2002)
- Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 5 (2004)
- Noteworthy (1998)
- Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 6 (2006)
- Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 7 (2006)
- Counter Attack (2008)
- Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 8 (2010)
- FFFF-ing Great Card Moves (2011)
- Gourmet Card Magic (2012)
- Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 9 (2015)
- Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 10 (2015)
References
- ↑ Who's Who in Magic: An International Biographical Guide From Past to Present by Bart Whaley (1990)