Willard Richardson Espy (11 December 1910–20 February 1999) was a U.S. editor, language author, philologist, writer, and poet. He is particularly remembered for his anthology of light verse and wordplay, An Almanac of Words at Play , and its two sequels.

Bibliography

• The Game of Words (1971) (ISBN 072340173X)
• Oysterville – Roads to Grandpa's Village (1976) (ISBN 0517521962)
• The Game of Words (1972) (ISBN 0448011964)
• Omak Me Yours Tonight, or, Ilwaco million miles for one of your smiles: A Ballard of Washington State (1993) (ISBN 0963429418)
• An Almanac of Words at Play (1975) (ISBN 0517524635)
• The Life and Works of Mr. Anonymous (1977) (ISBN 038045047X)
• O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun (1978) (ISBN 0517535114)
• (1980) (ISBN 0140057331)
• Another Almanac of Words at Play (1981) (ISBN 0233972889)
• The Wars of the Words (1980)
• A Children's Almanac of Words at Play (1982) (ISBN 0340348526)
• (1984) (ISBN 0671252550)
• (1982) (ISBN 0517545985)
• (1983) (ISBN 0934878315)
• (1983) (ISBN 0061812560)
• (1984) (ISBN 0517547570)
• Words to Rhyme With (1986) (ISBN 0816043132)
• The Word's Gotten Out (1989) (ISBN 0517079402)
• Skullduggery on Shoalwater Bay (1998)
• The Best of An Almanac of Words at Play (1999) (ISBN 0877791457)

External links

• The Willard R. Espy Literary Foundation (includes biography)
• New York Times obituary