Frédérick Lavoie grew up devouring the mystery-solving adventures of Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, and the Hardy Boys. With his nose buried in books, he missed out on the cinematic space, and thanks his wife for introducing him to classics like CSI. “He has made puzzles for Universal, Puzzmo, USA Today, and other outlets; and works with newsletters in Canada's capital, his adoptive hometown of a decade, to promote local crosswords.