Wyna Liu

Wyna Liu is an American puzzle creator and editor of the New York Times game Connections.

Career Liu's introduction to puzzles was reading Games magazines as a child. In her late 20s, she began solving crosswords, namely the puzzles of Brendan Emmett Quigley. She regards these events as the main contributors to her love of puzzles.

In 2020, Liu was hired as an associate puzzle editor in the New York Times games department. She is also an assistant editor at the American Values Club Crossword. In 2022, Liu constructed the final round puzzle for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

Liu is the editor of Connections, a New York Times game officially introduced in 2023. Since its inception, Connections has been one of the most popular games on the New York Times list. Liu constructs boards for the game herself and releases them daily. Despite the large success of her game, Liu has commented that she largely stays away from social media and instead hears people's opinions of her puzzles through her friends and colleagues.

Personal life Liu attended Oberlin College, where she taught an experimental course on the history of Britpop. In 2014, she earned a master's degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

, Liu was a resident of Chinatown in Manhattan, New York. She also designs jewelry.