Editing James Randi (section)

===Author===
Randi wrote ten books, among them ''[[Conjuring (book)|Conjuring]]'' (1992), a biographical history of prominent magicians. The book is subtitled ''Being a Definitive History of the Venerable Arts of Sorcery, Prestidigitation, Wizardry, Deception, & Chicanery and of the Mountebanks & Scoundrels Who have Perpetrated these Subterfuges on a Bewildered Public, in short, MAGIC!'' The book's cover indicates it is by "James Randi, Esq., A Contrite Rascal Once Dedicated to these Wicked Practices but Now Almost Totally Reformed". The book features the most influential magicians and tells some of their history, often in the context of strange deaths and careers on the road. This work expanded on Randi's second book, ''Houdini, His Life and Art''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bartlett|first=Kay|title=Truthful trickster|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RU4aAAAAIBAJ&pg=3862,1502395|access-date=July 13, 2012|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|The Milwaukee Journal]]|date=July 13, 1981}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> This illustrated work was published in 1976 and was co-authored with [[Bert Sugar]]. It focuses on the professional and private life of Houdini.<ref name="Daniel">{{harvnb|Burt|2001|p=192}}</ref>

Randi's book, ''The Magic World of the Amazing Randi'' (1989), was intended as a children's introduction to magic tricks. In addition to his magic books, he wrote several educational works about paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. These include biographies of Uri Geller and [[Nostradamus]], as well as reference material on other major paranormal figures. In 2011, he was working on ''A Magician in the Laboratory'', which recounted his application of skepticism to science.<ref name="BxJDd">{{cite web|url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1194-teleportation-magic-established-by-science-at-last.html|title=Teleportation Magic Established By Science, At Last!|last=Randi|first=James|work=Swift|publisher=JREF|type=Blog|access-date=January 19, 2011|archive-date=January 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122040951/http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1194-teleportation-magic-established-by-science-at-last.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the [[Trap Door Spiders]], which served as the basis of his friend [[Isaac Asimov]]'s fictional group of mystery solvers, the [[Black Widowers]].<ref name="Asimov1994-120">{{harvnb|Asimov|1994|p=120}}</ref>

Other books by Randi include ''[[Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions|Flim-Flam!]]'' (1982), ''[[The Faith Healers]]'' (1987), ''James Randi, Psychic Investigator'' (1991), ''Test Your ESP Potential'' (1982), and ''[[An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural]]'' (1995).

Randi was a regular contributor to ''[[Skeptic (U.S. magazine)|Skeptic]]'' magazine, penning the "'Twas Brillig ..." column, and also served on its editorial board. He was a frequent contributor to ''[[Skeptical Inquirer]]'' magazine, published by the [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]], of which he was also a [[fellow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://skepticalinquirer.org/2017/03/still-amazing-a-conversation-with-james-randi/|title=Still 'Amazing': A Conversation with James Randi|last=Frazier|first=Kendrick|date=March–April 2017|website=Skeptical Inquirer|volume=41|issue=2|access-date=July 15, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801234416/https://skepticalinquirer.org/2017/03/still-amazing-a-conversation-with-james-randi/|url-status=live}}</ref>