Brightside Holiday Guide and Reviews 2024-25

Allan is the author of six magic-centric books, including the NY Times Bestseller The Sorcerer’s Companion—a Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter (co-authored with his daughter, Elizabeth), and most recently, of Grandpa Magic, a treasury of tricks, stunts, puzzles and brainteasers, designed to make grandpa the coolest guy on the block. 

 Bill Pekny is the author of A Tale of Two Climates: One Real, One Imaginary. He holds physics M.S. and B.S. degrees from Georgia Tech and DePaul University, plus graduate study in physical meteorology and numerical analysis at Florida State University and the University of Utah, and a visiting scholar appointment at the Ginzton Laboratory of Applied Physics at Stanford University