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  David Lyster Bird è nato a Londra nel 1946 ha lavorato nel campo della programmazione ed è il più prolifico scrittore di bridge potendo contare la pubblicazione di oltre 100 titoli. Oggi vive a Southampton.

 Corrispondente del "Mail on Sunday" e dell'"Evening Standard" collabora abitualmente con le più note testate specialistiche tra le quali "Bridge Plus", "English Bridge" e "Bridge Magazine".

 Sposato con Thelma, hanno avuto due figli, David ha scritto molti titoli a quattro mani con alcuni tra i più noti Campioni di Bridge tra i quali ricordiamo: Terence Reese, Ron Klinger e Geir Hegemo.

 Famosissime e molto divertenti sono le sue storie delle scimmie del monastero di Santo Titus che vengono pubblicate su Bridge Magazine da oltre 30 anni.

  David Bird (born 1946 in London), ex programmer in IBM,  is perhaps  the world's most prolific bridge writer, with 101 books to his name. Today he lives in Southampton.

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.

Married to Thelma whit a daughter and a son, David 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.

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.