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He wrote monthly columns -- "Just for Us Young Guys" and "Lost in the Forest" --for The [[New Tops]] from 1966 through 1992, and graduated from the [[Chavez Studio of Magic]] in 1981.  
 
He wrote monthly columns -- "Just for Us Young Guys" and "Lost in the Forest" --for The [[New Tops]] from 1966 through 1992, and graduated from the [[Chavez Studio of Magic]] in 1981.  
  
Sherwood's primary mentors in magic were [[Neil Foster]], primarily as a teacher and editor, and collector/historian [[Robert Lund]], who moved to Sherwood's hometown of Marshall, Michigan, in the early 1970s to establish his [[American Museum of Magic]]. He also credits [[Phillip Hagerty]], also of Marshall, for much of his insight into the craft.
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Sherwood's primary mentors in magic were [[Neil Foster]], primarily as a teacher and editor, and collector/historian [[Robert Lund]], who moved to Sherwood's hometown of Marshall, Michigan, in the early 1970s to establish his [[American Museum of Magic]]. He also credits the late David Allen of Battle Creek, Mich., as well as [[Phillip Hagerty]], also of Marshall, for much of his insight into the craft.
  
 
As a teenager in the mid-1960s, Sherwood wrote a column, "Miscellaneous," for [[Top Hat]], published by [[Magical Youths International]], and his writings prompted Foster to ask him to begin writing for The New Tops. In the 1970s, Sherwood wrote two books published by [[Micky Hades]], "The Conjurer's Calculator" and "The Circuited Sorcerer."  
 
As a teenager in the mid-1960s, Sherwood wrote a column, "Miscellaneous," for [[Top Hat]], published by [[Magical Youths International]], and his writings prompted Foster to ask him to begin writing for The New Tops. In the 1970s, Sherwood wrote two books published by [[Micky Hades]], "The Conjurer's Calculator" and "The Circuited Sorcerer."  

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John C. Sherwood
Born1950
Michigan

John C. Sherwood (b. 1950) is a professional writer/journalist, magician and mentalist born in Michigan in 1950.

Biography

He wrote monthly columns -- "Just for Us Young Guys" and "Lost in the Forest" --for The New Tops from 1966 through 1992, and graduated from the Chavez Studio of Magic in 1981.

Sherwood's primary mentors in magic were Neil Foster, primarily as a teacher and editor, and collector/historian Robert Lund, who moved to Sherwood's hometown of Marshall, Michigan, in the early 1970s to establish his American Museum of Magic. He also credits the late David Allen of Battle Creek, Mich., as well as Phillip Hagerty, also of Marshall, for much of his insight into the craft.

As a teenager in the mid-1960s, Sherwood wrote a column, "Miscellaneous," for Top Hat, published by Magical Youths International, and his writings prompted Foster to ask him to begin writing for The New Tops. In the 1970s, Sherwood wrote two books published by Micky Hades, "The Conjurer's Calculator" and "The Circuited Sorcerer."

To audiences, Sherwood is notable for his hundreds of mentalism performances in the character of Sherlock Holmes from 1987 to the present, and has spent more time "in character" as Holmes than any other living actor. Among magicians, Sherwood has been best known as a writer, often of brief biographies of fellow performers, first for The New Tops and later for Vibrations, the publication of the Psychic Entertainers Association.

Sherwood lived in Michigan from 1950 until 1999, when he moved to Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, while working in Delaware. In 2010, Sherwood moved from Pennsylvania to Fort Gratiot, Michigan; in early 2011 he moved to Union City, Michigan; and in late 2013 he moved back to his hometown of Marshall, Michigan. He was a 40-year employee of Gannett Co. newspapers and in 2012 he began work in public relation for Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall, Michigan, returning to Gannett Co. in mid-2014.

Sherwood is a member of the board of directors of the American Museum of Magic. He is a member of the Society of American Magicians, the Psychic Entertainers Association and the International Brotherhood of Magicians (Order of Merlin), having been active in the IBM's Neil Foster Ring 89.[1][2]

References

  1. http://www.mysteryvisits.com
  2. http://www.sherlockvisits.com