Chris was a teacher who spent his spare time devising magic effects. For over 20 years, he invented tricks and authored effects. Chris contributed over 100 ideas to Goodliffe's 'Abracadabra' magazine and won 'Trick of the Year' twice for his contributions to 'The Magician' magazine. His tricks and ideas were in a regular column in 'The Magic Circular'.

He was happy to share his creations with fellow magicians. Mark Elsdon's 'Hidden Gems', 'The Best of Alchemy Card Magic', 'The Mentalism and Mind Reading Secrets of Repro Magic', and Peter Duffie's 'Mindblasters' feature Chris's ideas.

Chris authored 'Maths Tricks and Number Magic'. This is a book of magic tricks and number predictions designed for children to explore the magic of mathematics. You simply follow the instructions and the book appears to be able to read your mind! It is also a very useful volume for magicians, as it contains 60 effects using varied number principles, so it is an excellent reference source for ideas and methods. Chris followed this volume with 'Word Tricks and Spelling Magic'.

Chris was a contributor to 'The World of Children's Magic', a book produced and sold by 'Practical Magic' in aid of a number of global children's charities.

He was also the inventor of several dual, reflected and ambigramatic Magic Squares. Mark Farrar kindly published some of these on his dedicated magic squares website, which you can view at www.markfarrar.co.uk/chris-wardles-dual-magic-square.htm.

A Member of the Inner Magic Circle, with Gold Star, Chris was the winner of The Magic Circle's 'Cecil Lyle Award' in 2014. This award is for magical invention, for the best trick published in 'The Magic Circular'.

Script Writer and Magic Consultant

As a student, Chris wrote comedy sketches for The Russ Abbott Show and Smith and Jones. He was the magic consultant to Nick Warburton's 2006 Edinburgh Fringe production of 'Dr Faustus' and created effects for Jack Barton's 2011 Edinburgh Fringe mentalism show 'Fate and Two Sugars'.

Chris devised ideas for top British magician Geoffrey Durham, which he used during his appearances on Channel 4's Countdown. Chris also devised an effect which became part of Geoffrey's stage show and cabaret work. Geoffrey's acclaimed book 'Professional Secrets' devotes an entire chapter to this effect.