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Clayton Rawson (1906-1971), who also wrote under the pseudonyms Stuart Towne and The Great Merlini, was an American author, illustrator, editor and lifelong amateur magician. His works include non-fiction books about magic and novels and stories in the mystery genre. Rawson was born in Elyria, Ohio. In 1929, he graduated from Ohio State University and married Catherine Stone. He and Stone had four children.

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rdfs:comment	Clayton Rawson (1906-1971), who also wrote under the pseudonyms Stuart Towne and The Great Merlini, was an American author, illustrator, editor and lifelong amateur magician. His works include non-fiction books about magic and novels and stories in the mystery genre. Rawson was born in Elyria, Ohio. In 1929, he graduated from Ohio State University and married Catherine Stone. He and Stone had four children.
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abstract	Clayton Rawson (1906-1971), who also wrote under the pseudonyms Stuart Towne and The Great Merlini, was an American author, illustrator, editor and lifelong amateur magician. His works include non-fiction books about magic and novels and stories in the mystery genre. Rawson was born in Elyria, Ohio. In 1929, he graduated from Ohio State University and married Catherine Stone. He and Stone had four children. Rawson was one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America and founder of the organization's first newsletter, "The Third Degree". In 1963, Rawson became managing editor of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, a position which he continued to hold until his death in 1971. Clayton Rawson's four mystery novels are based around the character of The Great Merlini, an amateur detective who owns a shop that sells magicians' supplies. Rawson's four short stories center around a stage magician from Greenwich Village, New York called Don Diavolo, who also appears in one of the Great Merlini novels. Another recurring character in the Don Diavolo stories is homicide detective Inspector Church, who in each story either suspects the magician of commiting the crime or asks for his help in solving it.

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