Harry Lorayne
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Harry Lorayne (born 1926) is a memory-training specialist and magician who has been called "The Yoda of Memory Training" by Time magazine. He is well known for his mnemonic shows and has appeared on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson." [1]
Lorayne is also a notable figure in the card magic world and has published several books and videos on that topic. He is a writer of technical literature for magicians and has a clear and informal writing style. Magic magazine May 1999 included him in a list of the 100 most influential magicians from the last century. His book The Memory Book was a New York Times bestseller.
Lorayne wrote and published the magazine Apocalypse for twenty years (later republished in books). His latest book for magicians is Lorayne: The Classic Collection, an updated collection of his first four magic books of the 1960s, and recently he completed Mathematical Wizardry—magic with numbers.
Lorayne has also coauthored The Memory Book(ISBN 0-345-41002-5) with Jerry Lucas.
