Bill Kalush to receive 2016 Milbourne Christopher Award

William Kalush, co-author of The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero and founder of the Conjuring Arts Research Center in New York, will receive the Milbourne Christopher Award for Literature at the upcoming 2016 Milbourne Christopher Awards on June 25.

The Milbourne Christopher Foundation was established by Maurine Christopher in 1989, and was created to perpetuate the memory of her husband and his lifelong interest in encouraging excellence, originality, and leadership in the art of magic. The award categories reflect Milbourne Christopher’s own diversified career. Among his many works, Christopher wrote Houdini: The Untold Story (1969).

The 2016 Milbourne Christopher Awards will be held at 6:00 PM on June 25 at the Garde Arts Center, 325 State Street, New London, Connecticut. Tickets can be purchased here.

Related:

• Bill Kalush shares Houdini gold in Washington
• William Kalush discusses Houdini's enduring fame at the Skirball
• William Kalush interviewed on NPR