publication date: Monday, February 4, 2019 (part of Winter 2019)

category: Literature

clue: He started writing novels while on long journeys on a tour bus in between playing rock concerts. Now one of his novels has become a hit film about a woman, boy, and girl making a dangerous journey while blindfolded.

explanation: Malerman, lead singer and guitarist of the High Strung, is also a novelist whose book Bird Box was adapted into a hit film in December 2018. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk


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