Bascom Jones

Born in San Diego, California, on October 28, 1924, he served in the Army Air Corps after graduating from high school in 1942 and flew combat missions during World War II.

Alongside his fiction writing, he became a well-known figure in the world of magic and mentalism. Sources describe him as having inherited a large magic library as a child, performing from a young age, and later producing the monthly publication Magick for 24 years beginning in 1970.

He died on March 23, 1994. Reliable biographical information available online is fairly limited, so many personal details about his literary career are not widely documented.