Amie Walker

Amie (she/her) makes and edits crosswords in Chandler, Arizona, where she lives with her three daughters. In her free time, she likes singing pop arrangements with her women's choir.

Caitlin Reid

Caitlin Reid (she/her) is a full-time mom and part-time cruciverbalist living in Orange County, CA with her husband and four kids. When she's not making puzzles or managing her kids' hectic schedules, you can find her playing piano, eating tacos, and watching soccer (though usually not all at the same time).

David Steinberg

David Steinberg (he/him) edits the Universal Crossword and lives in Palo Alto. He enjoys playing the board game Terraforming Mars with his friends in Sunnyvale, and he's on a mission to try every restaurant on California Avenue!  David's favorite crossword is the one he co-constructed with his mom and dad.

Kevin Christian

Kevin Christian lives in Burlingame, CA. He does pricing strategy for a tech firm in Silicon Valley. He likes to ride his bike, walk his dogs, and walk up and down the bleachers at the local high school. He enjoys listening to heavy metal bands like King's X and watching horror movies like "Let the Right One In."

He recorded the song "All the Children Sing" for the CD "A Tribute to Todd Rundgren Part II, Still There's More," which was released in 1995. His wife Helen, son Tim, and daughter Kate find his crossword obsession mildly amusing.

Nate Cardin

Nate Cardin (he/him) is a high school chemistry teacher who has lived in California for the past 20(!) years - 6 in the Bay Area for grad school and 14 in Los Angeles for work.  He and his husband were recently visited at their Altadena home by none other than Trogdor himself and they've since relocated to Studio City.

Nate's proudest legacy in crossworld has been the two-part Queer Qrosswords set of charity packs, and he's quite proud of his recent Orca-nominated Lil AVC X puzzle "Dance, Dance Revolution."  You can also find him editing over at AVCX Cryptics.

When he's not crosswording, Nate loves knitting hats for his friends' kids, daydream-worshipping his favorite female Survivor players, and going on walks with his French bulldog, Eero.

Willa Angel Chen Miller

Willa is a Sunnyvale-based puzzle creator and software engineering manager. Her crossword puzzles have previously been published in venues including the New York Times, USA Today, Apple News+, and Universal syndicated papers. For the last 12 years, Willa (left) has lived in the Bay Area, where she loves the beautiful scenery and the ice cream scene. Her greatest source of joy is her daughter Judy (right). On the date of Westwords 2025, she is slated to be 38½ weeks pregnant with her second daughter!