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    JESSICA JANE PETERSON

    Oct 01, 2022 4 minutes
    By Barbra Cohn

    MAGICIAN

    In high school, Jessica Jane Peterson was student body president and a member of the National Honor Society. Yet there was more to her than met the eye. She spent her summers at a magic camp that she describes as looking like a “real-life Hogwarts castle.” As soon as she graduated, she joined the circus, where she learned how to eat fire and do other stunts.

    Today, 32-year-old Peterson is the star of her own magic show and performs tricks big and small. She has created new tricks using traditional magic items such as playing cards and handkerchiefs and sometimes combines various tricks to create one larger—and more spectacular—illusion. She has

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