Dream Team Bios

…and their weblinks

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Deb Amlem Headshot
DEB AMLEN
Author, lead columnist and senior editor of The New York Times “Wordplay” column. Deb has written more than 4,000 articles for The New York Times, which, she will be happy to tell you, is even more than Paul Krugman has written.
www.nytimes.com/by/deb-amlen
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_Amlen
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Adam Perl Headshot
ADAM PERL
Crossword constructor (including 30 in The New York Times), vocalist, retired antique dealer, and proud grandfather of triplets.
Adam is responsible for the creation of this event ten years ago and has constructed every puzzle used in previous competitions.
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Michael Sharp Headshot
MICHAEL SHARP (AKA REX PARKER)
Crossword blogger and English professor at Binghamton University. Michael specializes in Early English literature, crime fiction, and comics.
He’s also a vintage paperback collector, a bird lover, and film noir enthusiast behind the “The Lamps of Film Noir” Twitter account.
www.rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com
www.twitter.com/noirlamps
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Anna Shechtman Headshot
ANNA SHECTMAN
Crossword constructor for The New Yorker (and Klarman Fellow at Cornell University).
Anna will be the moderator for our Zoom Kick-Off Event. It promises to be an enlightening and entertaining conversation with other members of the Dream Team.
www.newyorker.com/contributors/anna-shechtman
www.annashechtman.com/crosswords
https://as.cornell.edu/news/get-clue-anna-shechtman-star-world-crosswords
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Will Shortz Headshot
WILL SHORTZ
New York Times crossword editor. Puzzlemaster for NPR’s “Weekend Edition.”
Founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Founder of World Puzzle Championship.
Co-founder of the World Puzzle Federation
www.willshortz.com
www.crosswordtournament.com