Timothy E. Parker
Elder Timothy E. Parker left his corporate marketing career to form Master Puzzles,
Inc., bringing the talents of more than 100 of the world's top puzzle masters and
crossword constructors into one organization. Working with his talented team, Parker
regularly continues to expand his selection of syndicated crosswords, word searches
and word games.
He is USA Today's puzzle editor and recognized as the world's most syndicated
puzzle compiler by Guinness World Records. His Universal Crossword was
the Web's first syndicated crossword.
In 2002, Parker edited the first crossword puzzle to appear in the 80-year-old history
of Reader's Digest magazine. His book, "Universal Crossword Editor's Favorite: Volume
II" is a must-have for puzzle fans and a series of other crossword books are in
the making. Parker has two television game shows in the wings.
His Universal Crossword, Universal Wordsearch and Universal Puzzles appear daily
in hundreds of locations, and his daily Universal Crossword has been published in
the United States, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, France and the Philippines.
Parker's crosswords are overwhelmingly popular — his daily Universal Crossword
puzzles were played more than 1 million times by visitors to newspaper Web sites
in just one month and they tend to stay on the site.
Fans of the print version of the Universal Crossword are just as hooked, contributing
to thousands of e-mails Parker receives from puzzlers. Players appreciate the fact
that most people can actually complete the Universal Crossword — part of Parker's
philosophy that "no educated person should be made to feel stupid by a puzzle."
In addition, Timothy is assistant pastor at the Tabernacle of Deliverance Christian
Center in Baltimore, Md. He lives in Baltimore, Md., with his wife, Giselle, and
their two children.
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