Anna Shechtman
Born1990 or 1991 (age 32–33)
NationalityAmerican
EducationSwarthmore College
Occupation(s)Journalist and crossword compiler

Anna Shechtman (born 1990/1991) is an American journalist and crossword compiler. Shechtman is film editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books, and compiles crossword puzzles for The New Yorker and The New York Times.[1]

Early life

Shechtman grew up in a Jewish family in New York City's Tribeca neighborhood.[2][3] She earned a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College,[2] and in 2020 received a PhD in English Literature and Film & Media Studies at Yale University.[1]

Crosswords

Shechtman was 19 when her first crossword appeared in the New York Times.[2][3] Until she was 25, she created most of her puzzles by hand using graph paper and dictionaries rather than crossword software. Shechtman is the second youngest female crossword creator to be published in the New York Times. After graduating college, Will Shortz asked Schechtman to be his assistant at the New York Times.[4]

In May 2019, The Guardian called her "the new queen of crosswords".[3]

She has been praised for including youthful references and lighthearted clues such as "'state of being awesome, in modern slang' (answer: epicness)."[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Anna Shechtman". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Basu, Tanya (8 March 2019). "Anna Shechtman Is Revolutionizing Crosswords. Can She Save Them?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Moshakis, Alex (12 May 2019). "Anna Shechtman, the new queen of crosswords". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Wallis, Lucy (2022-04-03). "The 'real outlier' in the crossword puzzle-making community". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  5. ↑ Greenfield, Rebecca (13 June 2014). "The 23-Year-Old Wordsmith Behind The Hip, New Voice Of The Times Crossword Puzzle". Fast Company.

Further reading

  • Print: "Black-and-White Thinking". The New Yorker. Vol. 97, no. 43. December 27, 2021. pp. 20–24.
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