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David Bird
David Bird (born 1946 in London) is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with over one hundred books to his name. He is bridge correspondent for the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard; he contributes regularly to many magazines, including Bridge Plus, English Bridge, Bridge Magazine and the ACBL Bridge Bulletin. He has co-written books with many of the world's top players, including Terence Reese, Ron Klinger, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester, Omar Sharif and Martin Hoffman. His series of humorous bridge stories featuring the monks of the St Titus monastery has run continuously in Bridge Magazine for 30 years; many of them have subsequently been collected in book form.
Bird was described by Alan Truscott, in July 2003, as "long one of the world's top bridge writers".[1] He is claimed to be the world's most prolific current bridge writer, having published his one hundredth book in March, 2010.[2] and within a year surpassed Terence Reese having reached a new total of 108.[3]
The Books of David Bird
References
- ^ "Bridge; A Bad Decision Turns Good, And a Good Bid Goes Down", Alan Truscott, The New York Times, July 10, 2003
- ^ English Bridge: The EBU members' magazine, April 2010, p20
- ^ American Contract Bridge League's Bridge Bulletin, April 2011, page 45.
External links
- Books by David Bird
- Orion Authors
- David Bird international record at the World Bridge Federation
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People Administrators,
players and
writersList of bridge people • A • Terje Aa • Pierre Albarran • Martin Andresen • Walter Avarelli • B • Cezary Balicki • Hermine Baron • Henry Beasley • Giorgio Belladonna • Richard Belton • Albert Benjamin • Marty A. Bergen • David Berkowitz (bridge) • Huub Bertens • David Bird • Easley Blackwood, Sr. • Blue Team (bridge) • Norberto Bocchi • Janet de Botton • Tim Bourke • Marcelo Branco • Tomas Brenning • Raymond Brock • Jane Bronstein • John Brown • David Bruce (bridge) • Michelle Brunner • Walter Buller (bridge) • Wesley Burrowes • C • Orlando Campos • Mike Cappelletti • Drew Casen • James Cayne • Gabriel Chagas • Paul Chemla • George Coffin • Larry Cohen (bridge) • Ben Cohen (bridge) • Barry Crane • John R. Crawford • Ely Culbertson • D • Massimo D'Alelio • Dallas Aces • Hugh Darwen • Mike Develin • Leslie Dodds • Giorgio Duboin • Michel Duguet • E • Billy Eisenberg • Bob Etter • F • Fulvio Fantoni • Martin Fleisher • Jeremy Flint • Pietro Forquet • Tony Forrester • Robert Frederick Foster • Richard Freeman (bridge) • G • Nico Gardener • Benito Garozzo • Piotr Gawryś • Pierre Ghestem • Eldad Ginossar • Fred Gitelman • Ramesh Gokhale • Bobby Goldman • Phil Gordon • Fritzi Gordon • Charles Goren • Audrey Grant • Alan Greenberg • Susanna Gross • Glenn Grøtheim • Ace Gutowsky • H • Bob Hamman • Nicolas Hammond • Maurice Harrison-Gray • Geir Helgemo • Walter Herbert (conductor) • Marc Hodler • Mark Horton (bridge) • Carl Hudecek • Roy Hughes (bridge) • I • J • Oswald Jacoby • Pierre Jaïs • K • Charles Kalme • Edwin Kantar • Edgar Kaplan • Ralph Katz • George S. Kaufman • Norman Kay (bridge) • Amalya Lyle Kearse • Sami Kehela • Hugh Kelsey • Ron Klinger • Martin de Knijff • Putte Kock • Kenneth Konstam • Janusz Korwin-Mikke • Michał Kwiecień • L • Harry Lampert • Michael Lawrence (bridge) • Peter Lee (chess player) • Linda Lee (bridge) • James Lemon • Bobby Levin • Irina Levitina • Clyde E. Love • Paul Lukacs • M • Iain Macleod • Zia Mahmood • Ronald Mansbridge • Rixi Markus • Jack Marx (bridge) • Jeff Meckstroth • Adam Meredith • Marshall Miles • Victor Mollo • Albert Hodges Morehead • Bauke Muller • Eric Murray (bridge) • N • Claudio Nunes • O • Jack Olsen • Aileen Osofsky • Géza Ottlik • P • Camillo Pabis Ticci • Richard Pavlicek • Jordanis Pavlides Leonard Pennario • Carl'Alberto Perroux • Hubert Phillips • Gary M. Pomerantz • Julian Pottage • R Prabhakar • Tony Priday • Tommy Prothro • Jacek Pszczoła • Q • R • Terence Reese • Doris Rhodes • Andrew Robson • Eric Rodwell • Bill Root (bridge) • Eunice Rosen • William Rosen • Michael Rosenberg • George Rosenkranz • Alvin Roth • Jeff Rubens • Ron Rubin (bridge) • S • Boris Schapiro • Howard Schenken • Peter Schneider (film executive) • A. J. Sefi • Martin Seligman • Omar Sharif • Alfred Sheinwold • Shen Chun-shan • Jaggy Shivdasani • S. J. Simon • P. Hal Sims • Helen Sobel Smith • Nicola Smith • Marc Smith (bridge) • Tobi Sokolow • Paul Soloway • Alan Sontag • Nathan B. Spingold • Samuel Stayman • Paul Stern • Ralph Swimer • Peter Swinnerton-Dyer • T • Roger Trézel • Dorothy Hayden Truscott • Alan Truscott • Harold Stirling Vanderbilt • U • V • Bep Vriend • W • Louis H. Watson • C. C. Wei • Roy Welland • Berry Westra • Charles Wigoder • Bobby Wolff • Kit Woolsey • Milton Work • X • Y • Z • Richard Zeckhauser • Jack Zhao • Adam Żmudziński
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National and Zonal Buffett Cup • Camrose Trophy • Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships • Gold Cup (bridge) • North American bridge Championships: Blue Ribbon Pairs • Bruce LM-5000 Pairs • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match • Fall National Open Pairs • Fast Open Pairs • Fishbein Trophy • Goren Trophy • Grand National Teams • Hilliard Mixed Pairs • Jacoby Open Swiss Teams • Keohane North American Swiss Teams • Lebhar IMP Pairs • Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs • Machlin Women's Swiss Teams • Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs • Master Individual • Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs • Mini-Spingold • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams • Mott-Smith Trophy • Nail Life Master Open Pairs • National 199er Pairs • National 49er Pairs • National 99er Pairs • Non-Life Master Swiss Teams • Norman Kay Platinum Pairs • North American Bridge Championships • North American Pairs • Red Ribbon Pairs • Reisinger • Rockwell Mixed Pairs • Roth Open Swiss Teams • Senior Knockout Teams • Silodor Open Pairs • Smith Life Master Women's Pairs • Spingold • Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams • Truscott Senior Swiss Teams • Vanderbilt Trophy • Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs • Wagar Women's Knockout Teams • Wernher Open Pairs • Whitehead Women's Pairs • Young LM-1500 Pairs •
Organizations Clubs Bridge Club Braşov • Galatasaray Bridge Team • Melville Bridge Club • Portland Club (London) • Young Chelsea Bridge Club •
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Resources Books List of bridge books • 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know • Bridge Squeezes Complete • Contract Bridge for Beginners • Edwin Kantar bibliography • Master Point Press • Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand • Terence Reese bibliography • The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge • Tickets to the Devil •
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