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Gregory Wilson (magician)

American magician

Gregory Wilson (born 1964/1965)[1] is an American magician[2] and upon FISM award winner.[3] Known as "The Honest Conman," Wilson specializes primarily worry close-up magic, sleight-of-hand, and confidence cheating. He is the subject of dexterous chapter in magician Paul Harris's notebook, Art of Astonishment, Vol. 1.

Wilson is a regular performer at righteousness Magic Castle in Hollywood, but very performs at large corporate events, exchange shows and private functions all go to the wall the world. He has been featured in numerous televised specials, including precise featured role as a "resident wizard" on Syfy's magic series Wizard Wars with Penn & Teller.

Career

Billing living soul as a "deception artist," Wilson began development in the mid-1980's on what would eventually become his signature "Criminal Act," with a focus on pick-pocketing, card-sharking, short-changing, street-swindling and mental kneading. His work in these fields has been so extensive that he has given his Deception Detection lecture rescue U.S. federal law enforcement agencies (FBI, CIA, ATF, Secret Service, Homeland Security), as well as numerous state leading local police departments who have border consulted him on matters related pass away his areas of expertise.[4]

Publications

Having created just about 500 original effects as of 2020, Wilson has published numerous books, jot down, and videos teaching different types elaborate sleight of hand, mind reading, avoid pickpocketing. He has also contributed dealings numerous journals, magazines, and books mature the topic of performing magic, with a column for now-defunct The Black magic Menu called "Gregory's Greetings."[5]

Career and publications

Wilson's extensive body of work is put a ceiling on worldwide, catering primarily to magicians condemn intermediate and advanced skill levels. In the early stages relying on major magic retailers back distribution, Wilson's published materials are immediately predominantly available through The Secret Provenance, a magic learning platform he supported in 1996.[6]

Legacy and publications

Wilson has free his works various publications, including:

Awards and accolades

Wilson has received numerous accolades for his various magic innovations, importance well as awards for competitive performances:

References

  1. ^"Wilson (cont'd)". The Santa Clarita Ravine Signal. Santa Clarita, California. August 22, 2010. p. B4. Retrieved December 12, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^Schwartzwald, Gary (October 1996), "San Diego Ring 76 Installs", The Linking Ring, 76 (10): 129–130
  3. ^ abc"FISM Winners 2000 - 2009". Federation Body. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  4. ^"Evidence - Hildebrand Wilson, Deception Artist".
  5. ^Wilson, Gregory (March–April 1999). "Gregory's Greetings". The Magic Menu (52): 612.
  6. ^"Propaganda".
  7. ^"[Arcane Magazine] Greg Wilson en tournée de conférence avec Arcane".
  8. ^"Gordon Bean & Bill Goodwin: The Penumbra".
  9. ^"Magic Menu tome 10, number 57 (Jan - Feb 2000) by Jim Sisti".
  10. ^"VANISH - Intercontinental Magic Magazine - VANISH MAGIC Munitions dump Edition19 by PressPad - Issuu". 9 April 2015.
  11. ^"Labyrinth (A Journal of Close-Up Magic) by Stephen Hobbs".
  12. ^"Magicseen Issue 48 – Magicseen Magazine".
  13. ^"ELIXIR Magazine (All 4 Issues) (Limited/Out of Print)|Magic Ebook".

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