David Bird (bridge writer), Date of Birth
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About David Bird (bridge writer)
- David Lyster Bird (born 29 March 1946) is a British bridge writer from Eastleigh, with more than 130 bridge books to his name.
- He was born in London and 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 been a co-author of books with some of the world's leading players or writers, including Terence Reese, Ron Klinger, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester, Omar Sharif, Martin Hoffman and Barbara Seagram.
- 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".
- He is claimed to be the world's most prolific current bridge writer, having published his one hundredth book in March 2010.
- Within a year he reached 108, surpassing Terence Reese (1913–1996).
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