Christopher Adams is currently a graduate student in mathematics at the University of Iowa. He graduated from Cornell in 2014 with a major in mathematics and minors in physics and creative writing, after which he spent a year abroad teaching physics at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. Christopher has had puzzles featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Fireball Crosswords, Outside the Box Puzzles, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times, as well as other publications. Outside of crosswords, his interests include film noir, pinot noir, and a good detective story.