Richard Lederer is the author of more than 30 books about language and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current book, Word Wizard. Dr. Lederer's syndicated column, "Looking at Language," appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. "Lederer on Language" has appeared for more than 25 years in the Journal of Court Reporting.

He has been elected International Punster of the Year and been profiled in magazines as diverse as The New Yorker, People, and the National Enquirer. He is Verbivore Emeritus on "A Way With Words," which appears on public radio each weekend.