Recent works include: The Complete Jarrett, Hahne (2001) ASIN: B0014JAOXO Jim Steinmeyer's Impuzzibilities Strangely Self-Working Conjuring, Hahne (2002) ASIN: B000HAUEH2 Hiding the Elephant – How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear, Carroll & Graf (2004) The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, Aka Chung Ling Soo, the "Marvelous Chinese Conjurer" Carroll & Graf Publishers (2005), The Magic of Alan Wakeling: The Works of a Master Magician, Carroll & Graf (Nov 2006), Art and Artifice: And Other Essays of Illusion, Carroll & Graf (Nov 2006), Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural, Heinemann (May 2008), Who Was Dracula? – Bram Stoker's Trail of Blood, Jeremy P. Tarcher (2013) Patents Hologram Illusion, Issued March 1, 1994, US Patent No. 5,291,297. Origami Illusion, Issued March 29, 1994, US Patent No. D345,595. References Further reading T. A. Walters, "Jim Steinmeyer: Deviser of Illusions", MAGIC Magazine, September 1996 External links 1958 births Historians of magic Living people People from Oak Park, Illinois Magic consultants Academy of Magical Arts Creative Fellowship winners Academy of Magical Arts Literature & Media Fellowship winners