Generally acknowledged as one of the greatest authorities on magic in the world today, Walter B. Gibson has been interested in the subject for most of his life. He has written eighteen books and numerous articles on magic, has edited four magic magazines, and has collaborated with some of the greatest magicians of the past fifty years. In the course of his long and active career in magic and related areas, Mr. Gibson also wrote the famous "Shadow" novels, under the pen name of Maxwell Grant.