Karl Fulves
(USA: 27 July 1939, fl.1950s-90s)
Amateur close-up and cardman. Aka "Ralph Gironda". Publisher (Gutenberg Press) of magic books in Teaneck, New Jersey, 1969-present. 1986 AMA Literary Fellowship.
Prolific and influential (although sometimes cranky) writer and editor. Edited Midnight Magic Monthly 1959-60, The New Phoenix 1965, Pallbearers Review 1965-75 (also contributed under many pen names), Epilogue 1967-76, Interlocutor 1975-89, and Chronicles 1978-89.
Wrote Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups (1968; 2nd ed 1974, 98pp), Faro and Riffle Technique (1969, 90pp; repr 1974), The Book of Numbers (1971, 47pp), Mexican Monte, and Other Tricks (1972, 32pp), Notes from Underground (1973, 62pp), Packet Switches (1974, 2 vols, 56+66pp), Close-Up Mental Magic (1974, 54pp), Riffle Shuffle Technique (3 parts, 1974, 1975, ...), Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups (1974), Methods with Cards (3 vols, 1975), The Magic Book (1977, 195pp), Transpo Trix (1978, 80pp), Curioser (1980), Color Quick (1980, 50pp), A History of the Brainwave Principle (1983), etc.
Also, having been introduced by Martin Gardner, wrote 10 popular magic books for Dover Press. Also wrote or edited books on Daley, Finnell, Hummer, Jordan, Maze, and Slydini. Trick in Swami.
Coauthors: Tony Slydini
