Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
John Bloom is a journalist and entertainer born in Dallas, Texas, who grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and now lives in New York City.
While serving as New York bureau chief for United Press International, he was an eyewitness to the events of 9/11 and was nominated by UPI for the Pulitzer Prize. His work for Texas Monthly magazine has been nominated three times for the National Magazine Award, and he has written for dozens of newspapers and magazines, as well as being a columnist for the New York Times Syndicate, the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, and Creators Syndicate. He graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University, where he was a Grantland Rice Scholar for his work as a teenage reporter and columnist for the Arkansas Democrat.
In 1982 he created the pseudonym of "Joe Bob Briggs," using that pen name anonymously until he was outed in 1985. He then performed under that name on a number of television shows and at live venues, winning two Cable ACE Awards for a show called "Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater" on The Movie Channel and a similar show called "MonsterVision" on TNT.
This book is almost exactly what it says in the title, medium Sudoku puzzles, though there are only actually 100 puzzles, not 101—unless you count the example puzzle in the introduction that has the solution right below it. The introductory section states the rules of sudoku very simply, in case you don't know them. I do wish the authors had included a tip section. I always think that's a nice touch in a book like this that focuses on one game and has puzzles that are more difficult than beginner level. But, if you like sudoku, this appears to be a perfectly fine book of 100 puzzles.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.