James Albert Lindon (c. 1914 – 16 December 1979[1]: 26 [2]) was an English puzzle enthusiast and poet specialising in light verse, constrained writing, and children's poetry.
[3] Among his anthologised works are numerous parodies, including spoofs of Dylan Thomas, E. E. Cummings, T. E. Brown, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, and Ernest L.
[1][6] Author Martin Gardner often spoke highly of Lindon's poetry, referring to him as the greatest English writer of comic verse.
[3][4][5] His skill at wordplay was similarly lauded, with Gardner, Bergerson, Dmitri Borgmann, and others proclaiming him to be among the world's finest palindromists.
[5][1][7][8] In addition to being a poet, Lindon was an accomplished writer and solver of puzzles, especially those in recreational mathematics.