Neil Brennen is Historian for the Pennsylvania State Chess Federation, and is editor of the PSCF's award-winning magazine The Pennswoodpusher. He is a frequent contributor to Correspondence Chess News. His articles on chess history have been published on-line at The Chess Cafe and The Campbell Report, and in printed form in Quarterly for Chess History, California Chess Journal, Illinois Chess Bulletin, Iowa Chess News En Passant, Przeglad Szachowy, and other publications. Neil's first book, a biography of American master Sydney T. Sharp (1885-1953), will be published later this year by Moravian Chess.