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Richard Webster (born December 9, 1946) is an award winning multi-million selling author, ghostwriter, mentalist, hypnotist and magician. == Biography == Richard Webster was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He was educated at King's School and King's College. As a child, he wrote and produced a weekly neighbourhood newspaper called ''The Waiochiel'' that he sold to his neighbours.〔King's Courier, No. 85, Autumn 2002, pages 14-15〕 He worked in publishing for several years before starting his career as a writer, entertainer, and speaker. He initially worked as a ghost writer, and wrote a small book on the subject.〔''Secrets of Ghostwriting'', Martin Breese, 1986〕 He is the author of 112 books, mainly on New Age topics. He has also written three novels. His books have been translated into 29 languages: Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Bahasa Indonesia, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai and Turkish.〔Llewellyn Catalog, Fall 2012〕 Rainbow News described him as "one of the most successful writers in the country".〔Rainbow News, August/September 1997〕 New Idea magazine wrote that Richard is "probably New Zealand's most successful author".〔''New Idea'', April 28, 2001, page 80〕 Webster has appeared on numerous radio and TV programs, including Hard Copy, WMAQ-TV (Chicago), KTLA-TV (Los Angeles), KSTW-TV (Seattle), and Mike and Maty (ABC). In 1996, he was one of the performers on The Great Kiwi Magic Show on TV3.〔Magicana, April/May 2011, page 25〕 In 2000 the Richard Webster Popular Fiction Award was established, with the winner receiving a $5,000 prize and publication of their winning entry.〔 Webster is a past president of the New Zealand Society of Magicians. He was named Patron of The Shore City Magicians Club Incorporated in April 2010 and received the prestigious Grand Master of Magic Award in February 2013.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Webster (New Zealand author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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