Max Maven
Influential mentalist, magician, writer and consultant.
Max Maven, born Philip T. Goldstein in 1950, was an American mentalist, magician, writer and consultant. His elegant presentations and original ideas made him one of the defining voices of modern mentalism.
Known both as a performer and as a creator, Maven wrote influential material, developed effects for other artists and brought an intellectual, theatrical style to the art. He died in 2022; his work remains central to contemporary mentalism.