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Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for ''The New York Times'' (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she wrote a long-running series of crossword puzzle books including the first book ever published by Simon & Schuster. ==Biography== Margaret Petherbridge was born March 23, 1897, in Brooklyn, New York, to Margaret (Furey) and Henry Petherbridge, who owned a licorice factory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Margaret Petherbridge Farrar )〕 A lifelong resident of New York City, she attended Berkeley Institute in Brooklyn and graduated from Smith College in 1919.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Margaret Farrar, 87, Editor of Crossword Puzzles )〕 Her career in crossword puzzles began at the ''New York World'' in 1920. Although she had been hired as the publisher's secretary, she was told to assist crossword inventor Arthur Wynne in proofreading puzzles prior to publication. Her puzzles soon became more popular than Wynne's.〔 In January 1924 Petherbridge was given an advance of $25 and asked to compile a book of crossword puzzles by Richard L. Simon and Lincoln Schuster, who were launching a book publishing company but did not yet have any manuscripts. ''The Cross Word Puzzle Book'' launched Simon & Schuster as a major publisher and was the first of four bestselling compilations published that year. Simon & Schuster's crossword books became the longest continuously published book series.〔Connor, Alan. ''The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief''. New York: Gotham Books, 2014. ISBN 9781592408580〕 In 1926 Petherbridge married John C. Farrar, one of the co-founders of Farrar & Rinehart and Farrar, Straus and Giroux.〔 She left the ''World'' to raise a family, and returned to journalism in 1942 as founding puzzle editor of ''The New York Times''. She remained with the newspaper until 1969. She also edited novels for Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1950–1960), and upon her husband's death in 1974 she succeeded him as a member of the company's board of directors.〔"Margaret Petherbridge Farrar". ''Contemporary Authors'', Gale, 2002.〕 Farrar died June 11, 1984, at her home in Manhattan. Up to her death compiled two crossword puzzle books a year for Simon & Schuster (she was working on the 134th volume), and was editing puzzles for the Los Angeles Times syndicate.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Margaret Farrar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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