Richard Lederer is the author of more than 40 books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current books, The Gift of Age, A Tribute to Teachers, American Trivia, and Amazing Words. He has been profiled in magazines as diverse as The New Yorker, People, and the National Inquirer and was founding co-host of “A Way With Words” on Public Radio.
Dr. Lederer’s observations on language appear in magazines throughout the United States, and “Lederer on Language” appears each Saturday in the San Diego Union-Tribune. He has been elected International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International’s Golden Gavel winner. He makes about a hundred appearances a year and, as a speaker, is at home in almost any venue.
Richard Lederer is the proud father of professional poker players Howard Lederer and Annie Duke and poet/memoirist Katy Lederer. Richard and his wife, Simone van Egeren, live in San Diego.
Fifty English Words Made Up by William Shakespeare
accommodation hurry
aerial impartial
amazement indistinguishable
apostrophe invulnerable
assassination lapse
auspicious laughable
baseless lonely
bedroom majestic
bump misplaced
castigate monumental
clangor multitudinous
countless obscene
courtship pedant
critic (and critical ) perusal
dexterously pious
dishearten premeditated
dislocate radiance
dwindle reliance
eventful road
exposure sanctimonious
fitful seamy
frugal sneak
generous sportive
gloomy submerge
gnarled useless
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