[3] He attended Amherst Central High School before getting chemistry degrees from the California Institute of Technology and Harvard University[3] and doing post-doctoral work at Stanford University's bioengineering department.
[1] Thomas Snyder has contributed puzzles to various puzzle-related publications including GAMES Magazine and Wired.
[4] In early 2012, Snyder founded his publishing company Grandmaster Puzzles.
On April 9, 2012, he began selling his first title from the newly formed company, The Art of Sudoku.
He was the top individual at the 27th World Puzzle Championship held in Prague in November 2018.