- male, 57 years old
- Will Shortz (born August 26, 1952) is a U.S. puzzle creator and editor.
- male
- Mike Selinker is a game designer whose design credits include "Pirates of the Spanish Main" and "Fightball" with James Ernest, "Axis & Allies...
- male
- Francis Heaney is the author of the humor collection Holy Tango of Literature. He is also a professional puzzle writer and editor (and a former...
- male, 54 years old
- Henry Hook (born 1955 in East Rutherford, New Jersey) is an American creator of crossword puzzles, widely credited with popularizing the cryptic...
- male, deceased (2006)
- Burt Hochberg was an expert on chess and other games and puzzles. He authored and edited many books on chess, and served as editor of both "Chess...
- male, 54 years old
- Scott Kim is an American puzzle and computer game designer, artist, and author. He started writing an occasional "Boggler" column for "Discover"...
- male, 39 years old
- One of America's literary sensations, Meltzer is the author of four best-selling legal thrillers: The Tenth Justice , The First Counsel , Dead Even...
- male
- Bob Lodge has created many puzzles and contests for GAMES Magazine. Bob is an expert trickster in the way he writes and constructs puzzles, and...
- male
- Victor Anson (Vic) Fleming is an American judge, teacher and author residing in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and...
- male, 81 years old
- Professor David H. Li is an author and expert on Chinese history and chess. He has written several books and also translated several Chinese...
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