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Author of [[Expert at the Card Table]].
Author of [[Expert at the Card Table]].


S. W. Erdnase is not the author's real name.   
[[S.W. Erdnase]] is a pseudonym.   


Erdnase's true identity is one of the enduring mysteries of the magic community.
Erdnase's true identity is one of the enduring mysteries of the magic community.


== Research into the identity of Erdnase ==
== Research into the identity of Erdnase ==
[[Martin Gardner]]'s research proposes that the real Erdnase was Milton Franklin Andrews, and that the book was ghost-written by [[William John Hilliar]]. (S. W. Erdnase spelled backwards is E. S. Andrews, lending support to the theory that Andrews was the author's last name)
[[Martin Gardner]]'s research, now largely discredited, proposes that the real Erdnase was Milton Franklin Andrews, and that the book was ghost-written by [[William John Hilliar]]. (S. W. Erdnase spelled backwards is E.S. Andrews, lending support to the theory that Andrews was the author's last name)


Todd Karr has identified a Midwestern-based con artist named E. S. Andrews who was active around the turn of the century and whose biography seems to fit Erdnase's.
There are numerous possible candidates discovered by [[David Alexander]], [[Richard Hatch]], and [[Todd Karr]] (among others), any of whom might be the pseudonymous author. The candidates by Alexander and Hatch have been profiled in (respectively) [[Genii]] and [[MAGIC]], while Karr's candidate is identified a Midwestern-based con artist named E. S. Andrews who was active around the turn of the century and whose biography seems to fit Erdnase's.




Revision as of 19:21, 9 December 2007

Author of Expert at the Card Table.

S.W. Erdnase is a pseudonym.

Erdnase's true identity is one of the enduring mysteries of the magic community.

Research into the identity of Erdnase

Martin Gardner's research, now largely discredited, proposes that the real Erdnase was Milton Franklin Andrews, and that the book was ghost-written by William John Hilliar. (S. W. Erdnase spelled backwards is E.S. Andrews, lending support to the theory that Andrews was the author's last name)

There are numerous possible candidates discovered by David Alexander, Richard Hatch, and Todd Karr (among others), any of whom might be the pseudonymous author. The candidates by Alexander and Hatch have been profiled in (respectively) Genii and MAGIC, while Karr's candidate is identified a Midwestern-based con artist named E. S. Andrews who was active around the turn of the century and whose biography seems to fit Erdnase's.


Erdnase, The Musical

Peregrine Arts is in the process of developing, for Spring 2008, "Who Killed Erdnase?", a new music-theater work by the Ridge Theater and Gavin Bryars team in conjunction with author Glen David Gold. [1] [2]


External Resources and References

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