Allan Ackerman is an American magician who specializes in

sleight of hand Sleight of hand (also known as prestidigitation or ''legerdemain'' ()) refers to fine motor skills when used by performing artists in different art forms to entertain or manipulate. It is closely associated with close-up magic, card magic, card ...

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with playing cards. He has written a series of books, and performed on several instructional DVDs that teach elementary sleight of hand all the way up through advanced card work. Ackerman has also been a

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of mathematics at the

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, and in addition to

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, he also performs coin magic. He has studied under Ed Marlo, the famous

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"cardician," and now lives in

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. He recently retired from teaching

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, MCSA, Net+ & A+

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at the

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. He has a daughter named Debbie Ackerman who also does magic.

Books by Ackerman

*''The Esoterist'' (1971) *''Magic Mafia Effects'' (1970) *''Here's My Card'' (1978) *''Las Vegas Kardma'' (1994)

Lecture Notes

*"Magic Castle Lecture Notes" (1991) *"Day of Magic Lecture Notes" (August 1992) *"Every Move a Move" (1992) *"How to Tame A Moose" (1995) *"Al Cardpone: The Las Vegas Blues Lecture" (Summer 1996) *"Classic Handlings" (Fall 1999) *"I Can't Believe It's Not All Cards Lecture Tour" (Summer 1997) *"Wednesday Nights" (Spring 1994) *"Ackerman 2004" (June 2004) *The Cardjuror (May 2012) *The Baker's Dozen (June 2015)

External links

*http://www.allanackerman.com/, website as magician *http://www.allanackerman.net/, website as computer professor American magicians University of Nevada, Las Vegas faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{magic-stub