Leanne Marrama is a full-time professional psychic. She teaches classes, presents at festivals around the country, and hosts weekly séances in Salem. Among her many media appearances, she has been featured on TLC’s What Not to Wear, Ghost Chronicles, and Beyond Belief with George Noory.

Sandra Mariah Wright owns an events business (Spirit Beacon Psychic Fair & Mystical Marketplace), as well as a jewelry and occult supply company (Gallows Hill Witchery), and manages the largest annual psychic fair in the country (the Salem Psychic Fair & Witches’ Market). She has appeared on the Travel Channel and Showtime, and has been featured on Dish Network’s Magnificent Obsessions.

Candles!: People of all faiths come to Salem-and the authors' stores-in search of magic, hoping to improve their lives and the lives of those they love, and almost all of them leave with candles. There is no greater representation of hygge and home in these uncertain times. Wright was recently featured in a video on Salem for WGBH Greater Boston: [...]

Hot topic: Wright and Marrama are well placed to update this intuitive practice for a new generation, one that is interested in alternative forms of spirituality. ("Witches Are Having Their Hour": [...] The psychic/intuitive industry has grown rapidly over the last five years and is valued at [...] billion. See the New York Times article "Psychic Mediums Are the New Wellness Coaches": [...]

Gifty package: With black-and-white illustrations showing how to charge and dress a candle, perform spells, bless the house, and create custom candles, this is the perfect present for a mother, aunt, or sister.

Connected authors: Wright and Marrama are known and respected within psychic, intuitive, and witchcraft communities. They have established relationships with dozens of bookshops and stores in Salem and New Orleans in particular, and are repeat presenters and vendors at the Festival of the Dead in Salem, HexFest in New Orleans, and TempleFest in Hancock, New Hampshire. Salem receives a million visitors each year, bringing in at least [...] million in revenue; more than 250,000 people visit the city over the Halloween season alone. Recent press: [...]