Peter Gordon is an Editorial Director for Sterling Publishing, overseeing the puzzle and game books, and was the crossword editor of The New York Sun. His crosswords have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, and numerous puzzle magazines, including Games, where he was an editor for seven years. Gordon was a member of the winning US teams at the 1990 International Crossword Marathon in Bjelovar, Yugoslavia, and the 1999 World Puzzle Championship in Budapest, Hungary. In 1994, he represented the US at the Rummikub world championship on a cruise up the Rhine river, and he is the two-time division winner at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. His titles include Hall of Fame Crosswords, Yahtzee Scratch & Play, Match Wits With Mensa: Test Your Trivia Smarts, and Verbiage for the Verbose; he is also the coauthor of Solitaire Battleships, Scrabble-doku, and the Puzzlewright Guide to Solving Sudoku. The 50+ books written and edited by Gordon have sold over a million copies. He lives in Great Neck, NY.