Francis Heaney is a professional puzzle writer and editor (and a former editor-at-large) for ''

GAMES Magazine ''Games World of Puzzles'' is an American games and puzzle magazine. Originally the merger of two other puzzle magazines spun off from its parent publication ''Games'' magazine in the early 1990s, ''Games World of Puzzles'' was reunited with ''Ga ...

'', as well as a former editor of ''Enigma,'' the official publication of the

National Puzzlers' League The National Puzzlers' League (NPL) is a nonprofit organization focused on puzzling, primarily in the realm of word play and word games. Founded in 1883, it is the oldest puzzlers' organization in the world. It originally hosted semiannual conventi ...

, the composer and co-lyricist (with playwright James Evans) of the

Off-Off-Broadway Off-off-Broadway theaters are smaller New York City theaters than Broadway theatre, Broadway and off-Broadway theaters, and usually have fewer than 100 seats. The off-off-Broadway movement began in 1958 as part of a response to perceived commerc ...

musical ''We're All Dead'', and the author of the webcomic ''Six Things''. Heaney finished in third place in the 2007 and 2009

American Crossword Puzzle Tournament The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT) is a crossword-solving tournament held annually in February, March, or April. Founded in 1978 by Will Shortz, who still directs the tournament, it is the oldest and largest crossword tournament h ...

out of approximately 700 participants. They won

Lollapuzzoola Lollapuzzoola is a crossword-solving tournament held annually on a Saturday in August. Founded in 2008 by Brian Cimmet and Ryan Hecht, it is the second-largest crossword tournament in the United States, and the only major tournament in New York ...

8 in 2015, after making the finals (but not winning) four previous times (2009, 2012, 2013, and 2014). In 2004, they published ''

Holy Tango of Literature ''Holy Tango of Literature'' is a 2004 anthology of absurdist poetry and drama in the style of various poets and playwrights, written by Francis Heaney with illustrations by Richard Thompson.Modern Humorist ''Modern Humorist'' was a United States–based humor webzine founded in 2000 by John Aboud and Michael Colton (who later became panelists on VH1's ''Best Week Ever''), and managed by CEO Kate Barker. Its board of directors included feature fi ...

''.

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