Mary S is easier than my whole official name, which is Mary Thayer Schendlinger.
Prepare To Be Amazed:
The Geniuses of Modern Magic
Ten stories of some of the most amazing
magicians who ever picked up a wand.
From Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin, who took magic out of carnivals and circuses and into respectable theatres; to Chung Ling Soo, who died onstage while performing the daring Bullet Catch trick; to Harry Houdini, who became the most famous magician of all time; to David Copperfield, who puts on a state-of-the-art magic show with lasers and live video feeds.
Each magician’s story is accompanied by a simple trick, in the spirit of that performer, that readers can learn.
You can see excerpts from Prepare to Be Amazed at Amazon.ca
Me
Age: 58
Favourite book of all time: Charlotte’s Web
Number of grown-up daughters: 2
Number of granddaughters in Grade 5: 1
Number of years writing and drawing: 56
Number of years wearing glasses: 56
Number of years keeping a journal: 50
Number of stories I wrote about Fifi the French poodle at age ten: 9
Number of times I tried to get my writing and drawing published in Mad magazine at age ten: 25
What I do for a living: Writing, editing books, teaching
Things I am afraid of: Bees and wasps
Things I used to be afraid of: Haystacks
Number of magic tricks I can do: Only one, and not very well