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Richard Kaufman (b. May 16, 1958) has written and illustrated dozens of books and is currently the publisher and editor of Genii, The Conjurors' Magazine.

Kaufman is also an avid Disney fan. He has visited all the Disney theme parks around the world and collects all sorts of Disney paraphernalia.

He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and daughter.

Bibliography

Periodicals

• 1978 Apocalypse (with Harry Lorayne, 1978)
• 1982 Richard's Almanac
• 1995 The Looking Glass
• 1999 Genii

Books Written, Illustrated and/or Published by Richard Kaufman

• 1973 Genesis Kings written by Fr. Brennan (trick)
• 1973 Rollover Aces written by Fr. Brennan(trick)
• 1975 Afterthoughts by Harry Lorayne (Illustrated by Kaufman)
• 1977 The Interlocked Production of Coins
• 1977 Balls! Lessons in Side Arm Snookery
• 1977 Magic Book by Harry Lorayne (Illustrated by Kaufman)
• 1978 On the Up and Up
• 1978 The Real Secrets of The Three Ball Routines by Frank Garcia (Illustrated by Kaufman)
• 1978 Card Classics of Ken Krenzel By Harry Lorayne (Illustrated by Kaufman)
• 1979 CoinMagic by Richard Kaufman Kaufman and Greenberg
• 1979 NEW STARS OF MAGIC presents THE ULTIMATE INVISIBLE ASSEMBLY
• 1980 The Gene Maze Card Book
• 1980 The Very Best of Cups and Balls by Frank Garcia (Illustrated by Kaufman)
• 1980 Exclusive Card Miracles By Frank Garcia (Illustrated by Kaufman)
• 1981 CardMagic by Richard Kaufman Kaufman and Greenberg
• 1981 CardWorks by Richard Kaufman
• 1982 Tom Mullica's AEROBIC (AUTOMATIC-ENTRY ROLL-OVER BILL-IN-CIGARETTE) by Richard Kaufman
• 1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle by Richard Kaufman Kaufman and Greenberg
• 1982 New York Magic Symposium Collection One
• 1982 The Elegant Card Magic of Fr. Cyprian by Frank Garcia (Illustrated by Kaufman)
• 1983 New York Magic Symposium Collection Two
• 1983 Richard's Almanac Volume 1 (Hardcover Reprint of Volume One)
• 1984 Abstract (Lecture Notes)
• 1984 The Topit Book by Michael Ammar (Illustrated by Kaufman)
• 1985 David Roth's Expert Coin Magic by Richard Kaufman Kaufman and Greenberg
• 1985 Don England's Gaffed To The Hilt! (Jon Racherbaumer)
• 1986 Sankey Panky Jay Sankey (bio) by Richard Kaufman Kaufman and Greenberg
• 1986 The Compleat Invocation, Vols. 1 & 2 (Tony Raven and Tony Andruzzi)
• 1986 Spirit Theater (Eugene Burger)
• 1987 The Uncanny Scot: Ron Wilson Kaufman and Greenberg
• 1987 The Performance of Close-Up Magic (Eugene Burger)
• 1987 Lim-Tricks (Jeff Sheridan)
• 1987 Derek Dingle's Australian Poker (a giveaway when you bought a book)
• 1987 The New Jinx (Book) (Bill Madsen)
• 1988 Apocalypse, Vol. 1 (Kaufman and Harry Lorayne)
• 1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table by Darwin Ortiz Kaufman and Greenberg
• 1988 New Magic of Japan by Phil Goldstein and Kaufman Kaufman and Greenberg
• 1988 Sawa's Library of Magic, Vol. 1 Kaufman and Greenberg
• 1989 Williamson's Wonderson the work of David Williamson by Richard Kaufman
• 1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman by Richard Kaufman Kaufman and Greenberg
• 1989 The Experience of Magic (Eugene Burger)
• 1989 On The Pass (Video)
• 1990 100% Sankey by Richard Kaufman
• 1990 Gary Kurtz: Unexplainable Acts by Richard Kaufman
• 1990 The Amazing Miracles Of Shigeo Takagi
• 1991 Life Savers (Michael Weber)
• 1991 Strange Ceremonies (Eugene Burger)
• 1991 Card Craft (J.K. Hartman)
• 1991 Road Hustler (Robert Prus)
• 1991 Houdini's Conjurer’s Monthly Magazine (Reprint of Full File)
• 1991 Smoke and Mirrors (John Bannon)
• 1992 Five Times Five: Japan by Richard Kaufman Kaufman and Greenberg
• 1992 The Collected Almanac (Reprint of All Three Volumes Plus Additional Material)
• 1992 The Compleat Invocation, Vol. 3 (Tony Andruzzi)
• 1992 Totally Out of Control (Chris Kenner)
• 1992 Show Time at the Tom Foolery (Tom Mullica)
• 1993 Beyond Compere (Terry Seabrooke)
• 1993 Martin Gardner Presents (Martin Gardner)
• 1993 Secrets Draun From Underground on the works of Steve Draun by Richard Kaufman
• 1993 Tarbell 8 (Harlan Tarbell, Steve Burton, Richard Kaufman)
• 1993 A Tarbell Scrapbook
• 1993 Ibidem, Vol 1 (reprint of issues 1-16 + color reproductions of covers)
• 1993 The Second Now You See It, Now You Don't! (Reprint of 1978 edition)
• 1993 Walt Disney's The sorcerer's apprentice (magic section illustrated by Kaufman)
• 1994 Greater Magic (John Northern Hilliard)
• 1994 Gene Maze and The Art Of Bottom Dealing (Stephen Hobbs)
• 1994 Paul Gertner's Steel and Silver
• 1994 Great Balloons! (Jean Merlin)
• 1994 Strong Magic (Darwin Ortiz)
• 1994 Mahatma (Reprint of Full File with Complete Index)
• 1995 Much Ado About Something (Karrell Fox)
• 1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions (Peter Duffie)
• 1995 Cardshark (Darwin Ortiz)
• 1995 After Craft: More Card Trickery (J.K. Hartman)
• 1995 The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Reprint, Reginald Scot)
• 1995 Magic of Edward Victor’s Hands, The (Rae Hammond)
• 1995 Magic of the Hands Trilogy (Edward Victor)
• 1995 Facsimile 1 (Jon Racherbaumer)
• 1995 New Card Control Systems (Joseph K. Schmidt)
• 1996 Tom Mullica Lecture Notes (with Tom Mullica)
• 1996 Magie Duvivier (Jon Racherbaumer)
• 1996 Lou Gallo: The Underground Man (Kaufman and Mark Phillips)
• 1996 A Magician Among the Spirits (Unpublished First Draft by Harry Houdini)
• 1996 Séance (Scott Davis)
• 1996 Facsimile 2 (Jon Racherbaumer)
• 1996 Notes to Houdini!!! (Ken Silverman)
• 1996 Stanyon’s Magic (Reprint of Full File with Complete Index)
• 1996 Stanyon's Serial Lessons in Conjuring (Reprint of Full File)
• 1997 Jennings '67 by Richard Kaufman
• 1997 Arcade Dream: Ed Marlo (Jon Racherbaumer)
• 1997 The Feints & Temps of Harry Riser (Ed Brown)
• 1997 Folding Money Fooling (Robert Neale)
• 1997 Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields (Jon Racherbaumer)
• 1997 Effortless Card Magic (Peter Duffie)
• 1997 Facsimile 3 (Jon Racherbaumer)
• 1997 Charles Bertram: The Court Conjurer (Edwin Dawes)
• 1997 Looking Glass (4 Issues edited by Kaufman, Racherbaumer, and Hobbs)
• 1997 Basic Basic Basic Card Technique (Video)
• 1998 The Book or Don't Forget to Point (Flicking Fingers)
• 1998 Vis a Vis: A Jack Avis Book (Jack Avis and John Derris)
• 1998 The Mysteries Of My Life: Rene Lavand (Kaufman and Lavand)
• 1998 Street Magic (Reprint, Jeff Sheridan and Edward Claflin)
• 1998 Five Times Five: Scotland (Peter Duffie)
• 1998 The Now You See It, Now You Don't! Notebook (Bill Tarr)
• 1998 Stodare: The Enigma Variations (Edwin Dawes)
• 1999 Trickery Treats (J.K. Hartman)
• 1999 Artistic and Magical Life of Bob Kline (Bill King)
• 1999 Genii. The Conjurors' Magazine (Edited by Kaufman as of Jan.1 1999)
• 2000 Mastering the Art of Magic (Eugene Burger)
• 2000 Facsimile 4 (Jon Racherbaumer)
• 2000 Other Voices: Ventriloquism from BC to TV (Stanley Burns)
• 2001 The Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard
• 2002 Sexy Magic (James Hodges)
• 2002 Stanley Collins (Edwin Dawes)
• 2003 David Copperfield's Project Magic Handbook
• 2005 Seriously Silly (David Kaye)
• 2005 One Hundred by Warlock (Elizabeth Warlock, Published by The Genii Corporation)
• 2006 The Vernon Touch (Dai Vernon, Published by The Genii Corporation)
• 2007 Mindfreak by Criss Angel and Richard Kaufman (Trick Section) ISBN 0061137618
• 2010 Knack Magic Tricks: A Step-by-Step Guide to Illusions, Sleight of Hand, and Amazing Feats (Photographs by Elizabeth Kaufman and Foreword by David Copperfield)

Abandoned publications

• The Jennings Letter (1993)

Future books

Books that Kaufman has announced:

• The Berglas Effects
• Theodore DeLand: A Ring of Mystery Around the Globe
• Close-Up Magic of Japan
• Mr. Jennings Takes it Easy
• Mr. Jennings Takes It Tough
• The Magic of Tomo Maeda
• The Magic of Tenkai
• Rene Lavand Redux

See Also

• Genii Magazine