Lewis Ganson
Born	Lewis Jack Ganson 1913 West Ham, Essex, England
Died	22 December 1980(1980-12-22) (aged 66–67) Hampshire, England
Occupation	Professional magician
Known for	Sleight of Hand, card magic, coin magic

Lewis Jack Ganson (1913 – 22 December 1980)^[1] was an English magician who became one of the most prolific writers in magic, going on to write and edit more than sixty books on the subject.^[2]

Career

For years, he was the editor of Harry Stanley's The Gen and contributor to Magigram magazines. He was also a vice president of the British Ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and founder member of the Portsmouth and district magic circle.

Ganson was a professional close-up magician except for his time in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1939–1958.

Published works

• Expert Manipulation of Playing Cards (1948)
• How Right You Are (1948)
• Routined Manipulation, Vol. 1 (1950)
• Routined Manipulation, Vol. 2 (1952)
• Routined Manipulation Finale (1954)
• A Magician Explains (1955)
• Unconventional Magic (1956)
• Cy Enfield's Entertaining Card Magic (part I, II and III – 1955–1958)
• Dai Vernon Book of Magic (1957)
• Dai Vernon's Cups and Balls (1958)
• Dai Vernon's Symphony of the Rings (1958)
• Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1959)
• Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1960)
• The Magic of Slydini (1960)
• Magic of the Mind (1960)
• Vernon's More Secrets of Card Magic (1960)
• Vernon's Further Secrets of Card Magic (1961)
• Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig (1963)
• Malini and his Magic (1963)
• Ron Macmillan's Symphony of the Spheres (1963)
• Marconick's Silk Magic (1964)
• Give a Magician Enough Rope (1966)
• Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic (1967)
• Art of Close-up, The Vol. 1 (1966)
• Art of Close-up, The Vol. 2 (1966)
• Card Magic by Manipulation (1971)
• Reelistic Magic (1972)
• Mini Slate Magic (1973)
• Magic with Faucett Ross (1975)
• Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees (1975)
• Fan Finale (1975)
• Ganson Teach-In Series (1977–1987)
• Tiny Trio (1978)
• Three Little Words (1978)
• The Magic of Frederica (1981)
• The Ganson Book (1982)
• The Essential Dai Vernon (2009)
• The Complete Ganson Teach-In Series (2010)

Awards and honors

• Magic Castle Academy of Magical Arts' first Literary Fellowship in 1968.