John Moehring is an author, editor, and magic consultant.
| Born: | Houston, Texas, July 19, 1942 |
| Raised: | Rockdale, Texas. Graduated Rockdale High School. |
| Graduated: | North Texas State University, Denton, Texas with a BA in English. Paid for much of tuition by performing magic act at Six Flags Over Texas in nearby Arlington. |
| 1965-1968: | Professional magician based in New York City. |
| 1968-1980: | Theme parks: Astroworld, Houston, TX - Director of Live Shows 1968-70 Carowinds, Charlotte, NC - Operations Manager 1970-73 Magic Harbor, Myrtle Beach, SC - Director of Development 1974-75 Marriott’s Great America, Gurnee, IL and Santa Clara, CA - Live Shows Production Consultant 1976-80. |
| 1978-1990: | Owned and operated Panorama Productions Inc., an audiovisual production company in Charlotte, NC. |
| 1990-1996: | Employed by Showtek Corporation, Arlington, Texas, scripting. producing, and directing shows for theme parks in Atlantic City, NJ, Las Vegas, NV, and Seoul, Korea. |
| 1996-2000: | Writer and Associate Editor for MAGIC magazine. |
| 2000-2005: | Editor of MAGIC magazine |
| 2005-2008: | Editor of M-U-M magazine for the Society of American Magicians. |
| Author: | DEL RAY America’s Foremost (2010), The Magical Life of Marshall Brodien (2007), A Texan Trixter (1986). |
| Family: | Lives in Henderson, Nevada with wife Cindy and son Charles |
Renowned illusion designer and inventor Jim Steinmeyer, who is recognized as one of the foremost chroniclers of magic history and culture, wrote a cover story on John Moehring for the February 2006 issue of Genii.
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