Brendan Emmett Quigley

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Brendan Emmett Quigley
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Quigley in 2024
Born1974 (age 5051)
Occupationcrossword constructor
Website brendanemmettquigley.com

Brendan Emmett Quigley (born 1974) [1] is an American crossword constructor. He has been described as a "crossword wunderkind". [2] His work has been published in The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , The Boston Globe , by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, and The Onion . He appeared in the documentary Wordplay and the book Crossworld: One Man's Journey into America's Crossword Obsession. [3]

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In a 2007 interview, The Boston Globe Magazine credited Quigley with "making the New York Times crossword hip." [1]

Career

Quigley was born in Norwood, Massachusetts. [1] He became interested in crosswords while studying at the University of New Hampshire. [2] Will Shortz bought his first submission to the New York Times. [2]

He lists Merl Reagle, Frank Longo, Elizabeth Gorski and Patrick Berry among his influences. [4]

He has constructed puzzles for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, the Boston Crossword Puzzle Tournament, and Lollapuzzoola. As a tournament competitor, Brendan finished second in the E Division at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 2001, and second in the Local Division at Lollapuzzoola 5 in 2012.

Quigley is also a musician, playing in such Boston-area bands as The Campaign For Real-Time and Hip Tanaka. [1] [2] He is currently a member of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra. [5]

Quigley maintains a blog, entitled "Crossword Puzzles by Brendan Emmett Quigley." [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Baker, Billy (2007-06-24). "The Coolest Cruciverbalist". Boston Globe Magazine . Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Willdorf, Nina (2001-05-17). "The puzzler". Boston Phoenix . Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  3. Dreilinger, Danielle (2008-05-16). "Hanging with... Brendan Emmett Quigley". The Boston Globe . Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  4. "Twenty Moves of Scrabble with Brendan Emmett Quigley". Slush Pile. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  5. Rossen, Jake (2016-12-08). "Jamming with the Boston Typewriter Orchestra". Mental Floss . Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  6. "Home". brendanemmettquigley.com.