Name: Rory Raven.

Also Answers To: "The Rhode Island Mentalist." "Mr. Ghost Walk."

Occupation / Title: Mentalist, Writer, Professional Ghost Walk Host, Beagle Master, Wit, Authority On Poe & Related Mystery Literature.

Brief Summary: A great guy to know, good fun, generous with this time and knowledge, and a darned good practitioner of the mind-reading arts. One of the easiest people in the world to spend time with. Has a wry outlook on life which I think warrants his own syndicated column in some magazine or newspaper.

World Records Held:
Best Blindfold Act
Best Host (East Coast)
Driest Wit
Best Commentator On British-ness (see Party Trick below)

Other Notable Achievements & Honours: Lives with the very ten times wonderful Judy Reilly, who is gloriously helpful, super intelligent and super funny. Also looks after  Dixie, who is the best dog in the world. Also hosts the Providence Ghost Walk, which is very successful.

Best Party Trick: Rory does dry and gentle mockery of Brits and Brtish-ness better than any of my other American friends. He can improvise extended parodies of typical British attitudes and modes of speech better than anyone I know, and it's all the funnier for being deadly accurate. He is especially charmed by the fact that we Brits still insist on expressing how much things weigh in terms of "rocks" (stones).

Special Powers: Rory is a working mentalist, and hence has many special powers such as reading minds and predicting the future. He can also see via a sixth sense when securely blindfolded. You've seen other mind-readers do this, and you think perhaps it's a clever trick. You see Rory do it and you know it's the real deal. Also capable of telepathic command and control of beagles.

Known Weaknesses: Rory has excellent taste in most areas except that he's a keen fan of science-fiction, which, as everyone else knows, is mostly rubbish.

Catchphrase: "It's a Providence thing."

Official Information: www.roryraven.com