Ten Golden Tickets

When Willie Wonka decided to open up his factory to five lucky visitors, he hid golden tickets in his chocolate bars. Sadly, we don't make chocolate — but we do make magic books! Therefore, to celebrate the launch of Pure Imagination (a title dedicated to Wonka's Pure Imagination song), we have hidden golden tickets in ten random books.

If you find a golden ticket, you'll be able to redeem it for a free Skype session with Scott Robinson, the subject of my latest book (coauthored with John Campbell). In that session, Scott will spend time with you on any of the tricks from the book. Perhaps you want to look closely at the sleights in "Heavy Metal," or more carefully go over his ungaffed Invisible Deck. Nothing is off limits and Scott will take you through whatever you need. It's a rare opportunity to get some one-on-one time with this underground close-up magic legend.

Good luck, ticket hunters! And I'm sad to say that unlike Wonka, we are not using this as an opportunity to find someone to take over Vanishing Inc. But Josh does look like Arthur Slugworth, so it's not all bad.