Mark Lewis is a Scottish magician, psychic, hypnotist, palmist, tarot card reader and Svengali pitchman who worked in the U.K., Holland, Ireland, and the United States before emigrating to Toronto, Canada. He is particularly well known for his showmanship where card tricks are concerned. He is best known for his handling of the Svengali Deck, a trick deck of cards he has sold internationally. While working in Ireland he wrote astrology columns for Irish newspapers. On moving to Canada he became very active in performing magic at trade shows where he used his background as an exhibition pitchman to gather crowds and promote company messages as a trade show magician. He is considered to be one of the leading trade show performers in Canada. He is considered to be one of the most entertaining card magicians in the world.