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Perfectly timed for the book's five year anniversary, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies is currently a Kindle Deal of the Month. Pick it up for under $2.99 throughout the month of April! 

The prequel, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, and sequel, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After, are also both discounted, down to $2.99. And so is Ben H. Winters New York Times bestselling Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters! 

And in case you missed last month's various celebratory posts, you can check out Thom Dunn's wonderful three-part editorial on the history of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies here on the blog, as well as a bunch of fantastic Jane Austen-era inspired crafts. 

Hey, his character is the author of a book… so that counts, right?

Once when I was a kid, my school hosted a magician. I remember very little about the magic show, except that I was seated pretty far away from the stage. During the intermission, my dad went to get some snacks and came back giggling that he was going to be part of the act. Apparently, the magician approached him while he was waiting on line and asked him if he would be willing to come up on stage and act as his assistant. My dad handed over the snacks and then headed back up to the stage and disappeared behind the curtain. He thrust our clunky yellow camera at me and told me that I must capture his stage debut.

I sat anxiously throughout the second part of the show and was terrified when a guillotine was wheeled out on stage. My dad entered behind it. Though I was fairly certain that my dad would not be murdered in the middle of a crowded auditorium, when it came time for him to stick his head in the hole, I held the camera above my head and snapped without looking. The photos were blurry, but at least my father wasn’t decapitated in front of the entire school! He even got to keep a silk scarf that he had helped to retrieve from a hat.

In honor of Smoke and Mirrors Day (March 29th), we’d like to highlight some of our favorite magicians, especially the one who didn’t chop my dad’s head off in front of my entire elementary school. Add your favorite magicians — real or fictional — to the comments!