Peter Eldin is a British author and magician. He has written almost two hundred books; most of them are non-fiction for young people. According to WorldCat there are "132 works in 188 publications in 12 languages and 8,912 library holdings." He writes mainly on factual material, fun and magic for children, and has also edited magic magazines The Magic Circular and Abracadabra, and written scripts for TV shows including The Weakest Link.