Anu Garg

Anu Garg (born April 5, 1967) is an American author and speaker. He is also the founder of Wordsmith.org, an online community comprising aficionados of the English language from across 170 countries.^[1][2] His books explore the joy of words. He has authored several books about language-related issues and written for magazines and newspapers. He was a columnist for MSN Encarta and Kahani magazine.^[3]

Anu Garg
Born	Anurag Garg (1967-04-05) April 5, 1967 (age 57) Meerut, India
Occupation	Writer, speaker, columnist, software engineer
Genre	Non-fiction
Website
wordsmith.org/anu/

Life and education

Garg was born and grew up in Uttar Pradesh in India and only began to learn English at age 11. He graduated from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, with a BTech in Computer Science.^[2][4]

In 1992, he moved to the US on a scholarship to study at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and three years later had earned a master's degree in computer science.^[5] Garg became a naturalized US citizen in 2008 and now lives in the Seattle area.^[6] He is a vegan.^[7]

Career

Garg has worked as a computer scientist at AT&T and other corporations. In 1994, while studying at Case Western, he founded Wordsmith.org.^[8] At 2024, around 400,000 people subscribe to Wordsmith.org's "A Word A Day" email list.^[1]

Bibliography

• Garg, Anu; Garg, Stuti (2002). A Word A Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English. Wiley. ISBN 978-0471230328.
• Garg, Anu (2005). Another Word A Day : An All-new Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English. Wiley. ISBN 978-0471718451.
• Garg, Anu (2007). The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two: The Hidden Lives and Strange Origins of Common and Not-So-Common Words. Plume. ISBN 978-0452288614.

See also

• List of Indian writers

References

1. AWAD landing page
2. Hafner, Katie (2002-11-28). "A Word of the Day Keeps Banality at Bay". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
3. "Kahani". Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
4. "Anu Garg's Resume". Wordsmith.org. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
5. "Log-o-phil-ia Is Addictive". Smithsonian. 2000-12-01. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
6. "Sign up to be a poll judge". Seattlepi.com. 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
7. "On Food: Wordsmith delves into the origins of food-related terms". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
8. Hauser, Susan G. (September 26, 2001). "A Word a Day – Say, 'Gasconade' – Keeps Boredom at Bay". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 24, 2002.

External links

• Official website
• Quotations related to Anu Garg at Wikiquote