Showmanship for Magicians is a 1943 work by semi-professional magician and author Dariel Fitzkee .
It is the first in the Fitzkee Trilogy, a classic collection that is still read widely by magicians, conjuroprs and illusionists alike.
There is little information available on the life of Dariel Fitzkee outside of his written work.
Born in Annawan, Illinois, in 1898 as Dariel Comp Fitzkee, he later changed his surname to Fitzroy d.