Bob Cassidy

Bob Cassidy (b. 1949, Kearny, New Jersey) is an American mentalist, speaker and author of several books widely regarded as classics in the field, including The Art of Mentalism (1983), The Principia Mentalia (1994), and The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy (2004). In 1978 Cassidy, and fellow mentalists Tony Raven, Scott Gordon, Mary Lynn, and Dian Buehlmeier, founded the Psychic Entertainers Association, which has since become mentalism's primary international professional society.

1996 David Lederman Memorial Award for Creativity in Mentalism

2011 Dunninger Memorial Award for Distinguished Professionalism in the Performance of Mentalism

(Previous winners include Uri Geller (2010), Derren Brown (2006) and Banachek (2007))