Glen David Gold

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Glen David Gold is best known as the author of Carter Beats the Devil (Hyperion, 2001), a fictionalised biography of Charles Joseph Carter (1874-1936), an American illusionist performing from c.1900-1936. He writes in a narrative style, and the book was hailed as a very respectable venture into historical fiction. Gold is also married to Alice Sebold, the author of The Lovely Bones. His next novel Sunnyside, is due for publication in August 2007. Finally, he is also an active member of the McSweeney's publishing house, and his short stories, including The Tears of Squonk, have appeared in a number of the issues.

Gold wrote a single episode of the cartoon show Hey Arnold, in which title character Arnold stages an amateur magic show and "disappears" his friend Helga, who escapes during the trick, causing Arnold and the others to think she really has disappeared. The episode aired in 1997.