MYLES CALLUM is an American freelance writer, former magazine editor, and the author of two books, Body-Building and Self-Defense (1962) and Body Talk (1972). Born on April 4, 1934 in Lynn, Massach...voir plusMYLES CALLUM is an American freelance writer, former magazine editor, and the author of two books, Body-Building and Self-Defense (1962) and Body Talk (1972). Born on April 4, 1934 in Lynn, Massachusetts to Abraham Edward and Ann Edith (Caswell) Callum, he attended the University of Connecticut from 1951-1953, before serving with the U.S. Army’s Counter-Intelligence Corps Army from 1955-1957. He then worked as a private investigator in Stamford, Connecticut for two years, before he joined Leisure magazine as associate editor for another two years, all whilst studying at New York University from 1958-1961. He joined the staff of the Good Housekeeping magazine in 1961 as assistant editor, working his way up to director of the special publications division in 1969. He became a White House consultant in 1968, writing Federal health programs, and was managing editor of Better Homes and Gardens in Des Moines, Iowa from 1971-1975. He then joined the TV Guide in Radnor, Ohio, in 1977, where he served as senior editor and writer for the next ten years and, finally, as contributing editor for two years from 1996-1997. Callum is a member of MENSA, the United States Chess Federation, and the Greater Philadelphia Search and Rescue. He is a veteran puzzle creator whose crosswords and other puzzles have been published in The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Brain Games books and numerous newspapers.
IRA MANDELBAUM is a noted political photographer. His photographs have also been published in many periodicals and educational publications. Born in 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, he grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He worked as a freelance photographer for approximately 25 years until deciding that the other side of photography—working in the darkroom to produce the best possible image from a given negative—was his true calling. He continues to work as a master printer in the face of the rising digital tide.voir moins