Wednesday, September 12, 2018

..."A most intriguing and entertaining premise - 
read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"  
  -John Fisher, acclaimed British TV producer


HOUDINI LIVES! 
a novel
by 
AL BLANCHARD
and ADAM STEINFELD

Historical Thriller

LOGLINE: 
Set in 1966, Miami Beach,
a cocky young magician, the Great Stanford, discovers world-famous Houdini faked his death forty years prior, and attempts to recreate Houdini’s most death-defying escape, as psychic and political presidential hopeful Kirk, plans the assassination of  92-year-old Houdini on live TV.



..."A most intriguing and entertaining premise - 
read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"  
  -John Fisher, acclaimed British TV producer

...“historical fantasy, 
romance and intrigue tied into a taut false knot.” 
- Mike Caveney, author/publisher 

...."Houdini alive and grooving in the sixties." 
Wayne Kawamoto, About.com

..."Adam - I enjoyed the book very much - it's excellent, reading with an interesting twist - it should be a best seller." 
Sid Radner, foremost authority
on Houdini, Hardeen's protégé. 

"A new novel, Houdini Lives, asks...what if, Harry Houdini, world famous magician and escape artist, did not die on October 31, 1926." 
Tim Quinlin's
 Inside Magic

..."is a fun fictional novel that finds Houdini alive and well and living in 1966, Miami Beach".
 -John Cox 
Wild About Harry blog,

..."this murder mystery features the 1966 return of Harry Houdini who was thought to have died forty years earlier." 
-Ronald E. Gray, 
Houdini in a Milk Can. 

"Houdini Lives! novel is destined for greatness, I can easily visualize it as a feature-film."
 Dr. Mark Horowitz
one of the largest Magic Collections in the world. 

"Thumbs up to writers, Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld for delivering us a thriller that's fun and mysterious and works on every level." 
Bret Gorenberg
THIS IS Sixties doc. 



Friday, August 10, 2018


It's 1966 and Harry Houdini did not die forty years ago, 
as many people thought, 
but is planning a dramatic comeback.












HOUDINI LIVES!
by Al Blanchard 
and Adam Steinfeld

MIAMI BEACH. It's 1966 and world famous magician, escape artist, Harry Houdini did NOT die forty years ago as many people thought, he's been in hiding from his political enemies and is planning a dramatic comeback.



..."A most intriguing and entertaining premise - read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"  
  -John Fisher, acclaimed British TV producer, 
author of CARDINI, the Suave Deceiver
 & TOMMY COOPER:
 Always Leave Them Laughing.


AUTHORS of HOUDINI LIVES! 

ABOUT the WRITERS


AL BLANCHARD  
New England crime novelist, author of The Steve Asher Mystery Series, The Disappearance of Jenna Drago, the James Callahan Mysteries & a Collection of short stories called The Stalker and Other Tales of Love & Murder and many more. And the former President of, the Mystery Writers of America - New England Chapter. 

ADAM STEINFELD
Magician/film-maker, director several shorts in film-festivals; Houdini...talks Houdini, Co-author of the novel/  film script, Houdini Lives!, Yo Houdini, Magic Island, Ask Madame Wonder? and long running, Magic Live!®, grand illusions comedy show, at island resort casino, studied to be a filmmaker, Bachelor of Arts, Univ. of Miami. 

(Left) magician/director, Adam Steinfeld, and New England crime writer/novelist, Al Blanchard (right) celebrate
on stage, at Steinfeld's Magic Live! show, the publication of  their novel Houdini Lives!


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