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'''Steve Beam''' (b. 1958) is the editor of The [[Trapdoor]].
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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 ==
 
== Biography ==
Beam became interested in magic by the age of eleven. Has worked as a Finance Director of Housing Authority in Raleigh, North Carolina.  
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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 hi mail-order company "Trapdoor Productions" in Knightdale, NorthCarolina around 1980.<ref>Who's Who in Magic: An International Biographical Guide From Past to Present by Bart  Whaley (1990)</ref>
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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)
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* ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 5'' (2004)
 
* ''Noteworthy'' (1998)
 
* ''Noteworthy'' (1998)
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* ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 6'' (2006)
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* ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 7'' (2006)
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* ''Counter Attack '' (2008)
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* ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 8'' (2010)
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* ''FFFF-ing Great Card Moves (2011)
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* ''Gourmet Card Magic (2012)
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* ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 9'' (2015)
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* ''Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 10'' (2015)
  
 
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Revision as of 23:02, 1 December 2016

Steve Beam
BornFebruary 5, 1958
Fort Knox, Kentucky

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

  1. Who's Who in Magic: An International Biographical Guide From Past to Present by Bart Whaley (1990)