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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.<ref>Who's Who in Magic: An International Biographical Guide From Past to Present by Bart Whaley (1990)</ref> |
| − | *Changing of the | + | ==Publications== |
| − | *Digital Effects: The Magic of Joe Mogar (1997) | + | * ''They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To or You Too Can Walk on Water'' (1978) |
| − | * | + | * ''Magic - The Vanishing Art'' (1979) |
| − | *Semi-Automatic Card Tricks | + | * ''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) | ||
| − | [[Category:Biographies | + | {{References}} |
| − | {{DEFAULTSORT:Beam}} | + | * [[M-U-M|M-U-M, Vol. 99, No. 11, April 2010]], 4F Files, Fechter's Finger Flinging Frolic, by Marshall – Steve Beam, page 60 |
| + | * http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=202181&forum=232 | ||
| + | * http://www.stevebeam.com/ | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[de:Steve Beam]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Biographies]] | ||
| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Beam,Steve}} | ||
Latest revision as of 15:31, 10 October 2018
| Steve Beam | |
| Born | Steven Leslie Beam 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)
- M-U-M, Vol. 99, No. 11, April 2010, 4F Files, Fechter's Finger Flinging Frolic, by Marshall – Steve Beam, page 60
- http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=202181&forum=232
- http://www.stevebeam.com/
