Simon Lovell

Simon Lovell
Born	1957 (age 67–68) Manchester, England
Occupation	Magician

Simon Lovell (born 1957) is an English comedy magician, actor, and card sharp, who specialises in magic using playing cards.

Career

Lovell was a regular performer in Monday Night Magic, an off-Broadway show featuring magicians and related performers. He also appeared in the one-man off-Broadway show Strange and Unusual Hobbies, which combined humor with card and magic tricks, and ran for eight years at the SoHo Playhouse. ^[1]

He was a consultant con man for Matt Bomer in the show White Collar .^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1987, Lovell appeared performing a magic trick in series one of ChuckleVision . Other TV appearances include VH1 reality show Celebracadabra, on which he and other magicians trained celebrities to perform magic tricks.

Lovell has written 16 books, including How to Cheat at Everything: A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles (first published as Billion Dollar Bunko).

In October 2013 Lovell suffered a severe multiple break to his right femur, requiring surgical implantation of titanium rods and two-and-a-half months of hospital care. ^[2] He suffered further complications in 2014 and is currently living in England.

Books

• Lovell, Simon (2006). How to Cheat at Everything: A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles . Running Press. p.  560 pages. ISBN   1-56025-973-6.
• Lovell, Simon (2000). The Son of Simon Says! More of the Close-up Magic of Simon Lovell. L&L Publishing. p. 197 pages. ASIN   B000WU8WVW.
• Lovell, Simon (1997). Simon Says! The Close-Up Magic of Simon Lovell. L&L Publishing. p. 247 pages. ASIN   B0006RTB4S.

References

1. Kaufman, Joanne (27 July 2005). "A Con Man Goes Straight into Show Business". The Wall Street Journal. ProQuest   398951872.
2. https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/simon-lovell

• Solomon, Charles (10 February 2007). "He Doesn't Put All His Cards on the Table". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 July 2008.^{[ dead link ]}
• The Linking Ring Volume 84 Number 11 (November 2004)