William Sunners (1904–1988) was an American writer. He wrote over 100 books on how to win prizes in contests.
In the 1930s and 1940s he won several prizes in
puzzle contest Puzzle contests are popular competitions in which the objective is to solve a puzzle within a given time limit, and to obtain the best possible score among all players.
History
One of the earliest puzzle contests was held about 1910. The publish ...
s, including three
automobile
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s. In 1949 he published a best-selling book titled ''How to Win Prize Contests'', which sold over 100,000 copies in 8 years.
Sunners was an occasional contributor to ''
Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics''.
William Sunners' claim to fame was his 1983 appearance on Late Night With David Letterman. During this appearance, he was nervous and forgot half of the phrases and things he was supposed to say.
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1904 births
1988 deaths
20th-century American non-fiction writers
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