About

Phil Riley & Laura Taalman

Phil Riley is a computer scientist and Laura Taalman is a mathematician, both professors at James Madison University. They drink a lot of coffee and make a lot of puzzles.

Brainfreeze Puzzles has published eight puzzle books with Puzzlewright Press / Sterling Publishing, and built the puzzles for the popular trade book Taking Sudoku Seriously.

Brainfreeze is available for freelance puzzle design and consulting work — for conferences, publications, and custom puzzle projects. Get in touch.

Phil Riley and Laura Taalman