Fritz Holznagel

=> "Perhaps the most useful business book of the year." - Joanna Flint, CCO, on 8 LETTERS OR LESS Hi! I'm Fritz Holznagel -- author of 8 LETTERS OR LESS, the drop-dead simple guide that will help your team write better, right now. It's based on writing workshops I've done at Google for more than a decade, and includes the top power secrets I've learned in my 30-year career. 8LOL is fun and fast, with tips you can start using right this second. If you want to thrill your boss, delight your clients, and win the day at work, this is your book. And don't forget SECRETS OF THE BUZZER, the top-selling guide for quizzers and other fast-finger folks, now in its third edition. => "Fritz Holznagel has likely spent more time thinking about buzzer technique than everyone else on the planet, combined." - James Holzhauer, on SECRETS OF THE BUZZER My fascination with buzzing began when I won the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions in 1995. I’ve since represented the USA in the Jeopardy! Olympic Tournament, and returned for the Ultimate Tournament of Champions, and the Battle of the Decades. My writing career began in animation, where I won an Emmy Award for the CBS special A CLAYMATION EASTER. Then I moved into learning games like Brøderbund's WHERE IN THE USA IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? before going to work for the early search engine Lycos. I joined Google's writing team in 2004 and have written for them, full-time and as a vendor, ever since. My freelance clients have included Bank of America, Eventbrite, Ooyala, Intuit, Waymo, and many others. I'm also the editor of THE ULTIMATE DROODLES COMPENDIUM, a deep dive into the world of misplaced American humorist Roger Price. Each week I write the Friday news quiz for the fabulous news site THE CONVERSATION. My colleague Paul Hehn and I also created Who2, one of the web's earliest biography sites, in 1998. I live near Boston with my wife and a lot of backyard bunnies.