Matt Gaffney

Links
Puzzles: Blog: Gaffney on Crosswords
 * Weekly: Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest
 * Daily: Matt Gaffney's Daily Crossword

XWordInfo: https://www.xwordinfo.com/Thumbs?author=Matt+Gaffney

About Matt: http://www.mgdxword.com/matt.htm

Biography
Matt Gaffney has been a professional crossword puzzle writer for 17 years, during which he's written almost 5,000 crosswords. His puzzles have appeared in  Billboard ,  The Daily Beast ,  New York Magazine ,  The New York Times ,  Slate ,  The Washington Post, and  Wine Spectator.

In addition to these daily puzzles, Matt currently writes a weekly current events-themed crossword for  The Week, a fortnightly contest crossword for  The Wall Street Journal , and a monthly Sunday-sized puzzle for  Washingtonian. He also writes his own weekly crossword contest at www.xwordcontest.com.

Matt is the author of many books of and about crosswords, including  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crossword Puzzles and Word Games  and the 2006 narrative book  Gridlock. His articles on crosswords have appeared in many publications including  The American Prospect ,  MentalFloss.com ,  Slate, and  The Weekly Standard.

Matt was born in 1972 and lives in Staunton, Virginia, with his wife, Kristin, who is a nurse.