NOV 15: NYT/NPR Puzzle Master Will Shortz
Don’t miss an evening with New York Times Crossword editor and NPR Sunday Puzzle host Will Shortz on Friday, November 15, 7 pm.
Presented by the Grandview Heights Public Library Foundation.
LOCATION: Grandview Heights High School Auditorium (1587 W. Third Ave.)
What’s an enigmatologist?
It’s Will Shortz, the world’s only academically-accredited puzzle master!
- Puzzle master for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday since the program’s start in 1987.
- Crossword editor of The New York Times since 1993. (GHPL’s NYT Digital Access)
- Author/editor of more than 500 puzzle books.
- Owner of the world’s largest collection of puzzle paraphernalia with 25,000+ pieces dating back to 1533.
- Subject of the award-winning documentary film, Wordplay.
- Appearances include The Oprah Winfrey Show, How I Met Your Mother, and The Simpsons.
- Editor of Games magazine for 15 years.
- Founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, which has been held annually since 1978.
- Founder of the World Puzzle Championship in 1992.
- Co-founder of the World Puzzle Federation in 1999.
- Sold his first puzzle professionally when he was just 14 years old.
- Became a regular contributor to “Dell” puzzle publications at age 16.
- Designed his own major program at Indiana University, which in 1974 led to his one-of-a-kind degree in Enigmatology, the study of puzzles.
- Owner and director of the Westchester Table Tennis Center in Pleasantville, New York, the largest table tennis facility in the United States. (Will is an avid table tennis player.)