David Lyster Bird (born 29 March 1946) is a British

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writer from

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, with more than 130 bridge books to his name. He was born in London and is bridge correspondent for the ''

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'' and the London ''

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''. He contributes regularly to many magazines, including ''Bridge Plus'', '' English Bridge'', ''

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'' and the ACBL '' Bridge Bulletin''. He has been a co-author of books with some of the world's leading players or writers, including

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, Tony Forrester, Omar Sharif, Martin Hoffman and

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. His series of humorous bridge stories featuring the monks of the St Titus monastery has run continuously in ''

'' for 30 years; many of them have subsequently been collected in book form. Bird was described by

Alan Truscott Alan Fraser Truscott (16 April 1925 – 4 September 2005) was a British-American bridge player, writer, and editor. He wrote the daily bridge column for ''The New York Times'' for 41 years, from 1964 to 2005, and served as Executive Editor for th ...

, 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

(1913–1996).''Bridge Bulletin'',

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, April 2011, p45. As of mid-2020, Bird has authored or co-authored 141 published books on contract bridge.

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Books by David Bird
at Bridge Guys

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