He can be heard portraying several characters in The Open Book audiobook Take My Planet, Please! (Metamorphic Press/JestMaster Audio, 2021).

He also performed regularly at the Jekyll & Hyde Club.

He was an improvisational comedian, appearing periodically at Standup New York. In 1976, he was the magic instructor for the performing arts summer camp French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, which he used as research for his book Catalog of Magic.Īs an actor, Kaye appeared on Broadway with Dame Edna, off-Broadway with Keir Dullea in the critically-acclaimed Strings and in many shows with The Open Book, including the a cappella musical The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, which he adapted for the stage. He also wrote The Handbook of Mental Magic. His book, The Stein and Day Handbook of Magic is considered an essential part of any magician's library. Kaye was a noted magician and mentalist, often performing under the stage name Count Emkay the Miraculous. He was a lecturer at The New School for Social Research in New York City in 1975, taught at NYU as an Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing for many years beginning in 1976, and taught as an adjunct professor at Mercy College from 2001 to 2006. In 1970, he went to work as a freelance writer. Kaye served as a reporter for Grit Publishing Company from 1963 to 1965, an assistant managing editor for Business Travel Magazine in 1965 and a senior editor for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich from 1966 to 1970. He received a Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts at Penn State in 1960, as well as a Master of Arts in English literature and theater in 1962. Kaye was born in Philadelphia, the son of Morris and Theresa (Baroski) Kaye. Kaye was a World Fantasy Award winner and served as co-publisher and editor of Weird Tales Magazine. Marvin Nathan Kaye (Ma– May 13, 2021) was an American mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and horror author, anthologist, and editor.

The Incredible Umbrella by Marvin Kaye