Bodycombe David J. The Riddles of the Sphinx

New York: Penguin Books, 2007. — 605 p.David J. Bodycombe (born 1973) is a puzzle author and games consultant. In the UK, over two million people a day read his puzzles, and internationally his work is syndicated to over 300 newspapers. The British public know him best as the author of the popular puzzle columns in publications such as the Big Issue, the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph and Metro.
He also consults on many television game shows, including hits such as The Crystal Maze, Codex, The Mole and Treasure Hunt. On BBC Radio 4 he regularly appears on the quiz Puzzle Panel and provides the cryptic clues for X Marks the Spot. He has written and edited over forty books, including The Mammoth Book of Brainstorming Puzzles, How to Devise a Game Show, Number Crunchers and Visual Vexations. In 2005 he became a leading author of sudoku puzzles, and he was the first person to have sudokus published in several major territories, including India and Scandinavia. As well as the classic 9x9 puzzle, David has pioneered a number of alternative designs which have proved popular with readers all over the world. His games, puzzles and questions also appear in many other magazines, websites, board games and advertising campaigns, and on interactive television.
He qualified in mathematics from the University of Durham in north-east England and he currently lives in Surrey.The Puzzle Kings
The World of Words
Codes and Ciphers
Cruciverbalism
Gatherings for Gardner
Truth Will Out
Thinking Sideways
Sudoku War
Japan Rediscovered
Solutions
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