John T. Molloy conducts research and training seminars for many major corporations. In his earlier career as an educator, he taught high school students, both in conventional classes and SAT preparation courses. Vocabulary Puzzles reflects techniques he developed in his early teaching, then expanded and refined through extensive testing. Rich Norris is the crossword editor of the Los Angeles Times and the author or editor of many books, including several volumes of Los Angeles Times crossword puzzles.