Michael Ammar
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Michael Ammar (b. June 25, 1956) is one of America's best-known close-up magicians, and is famous within the worldwide magical community.
Ammar was born in West Virginia, and is the youngest of four children.
His interest in magic all started while he was reading a comic book and noticed an advert, which read 500 tricks for 25 cents!. Ammar sent his quarter and received a catalog. He began ordering tricks and practicing. Before long, he had a full magic show, complete with doves and a teenage assistant. The community, small as it was, supported him and booked him for local shows for schools and birthdays.
While in college at West Virginia University, Ammar developed friendships with others involved in magic. He began to publish his ideas in the early 1980s, and performed for Johnny Carson, as well as at the Magic Castle.
He has produced over forty video titles, also books and magazines. In 1999 The Magic Magazine named him one of 100 most influential magicians of the century.