Crowley advocated the practice of magick and encouraged his followers to create their own life styles and develop a keen self knowledge. He wrote many books on his subject and is still revered as the master of the dark arts with books and websites and followers all over the world. Martin Booth has used his skills as a biographer to encapsulate the man and his extraordinary life-style in a chilling tale of magic and intrigue.

Booth is as balanced a chronicler as Crowley has yet seen - The Spectator

Martin Booth's biography is a compelling introduction to the man... Booth has done an amazing job of presenting the facts and letting his readers make up their own minds. - Midweek

I am not sure that Crowley deserved Martin Booth's dedicated research and enthusiasm. - Independent Review

A Magick Life serves as a perfect, accessible introduction which carries you to the edge of something darker... Absolutely essential reading for anyone with an open, inquisitive mind - Manchester Evening News

Thorough, fascinating and frequently funny - Daily Mail

[Crowley]'s latest and best biographer - The Times

A fine, fair and gripping piece of work that places Crowley before the reader in all his bizarre intensity - The Sunday Times

Readable and enjoyable... Strangely compelling - Sunday Telegraph

Born in Lancashire in 1944, Martin Booth was educated in Hong Kong and London. He has published ten novels and a number of non-fiction titles including biographies and wildlife studies. He is also a film and documentary writer who travels widely. He is married with two children and lives in Somerset.