Source: BBO

David Bird is 59 and lives with his wife, Thelma, in Chandlers Ford near the South coast of England. After nearly 30 years with IBM, specialising in computer graphics, he retired early to work full-time as a bridge writer. He has written 74 books on the game, including 8 compilations of Abbot stories, and is bridge correspondent for the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard.

He has won 11 national championships and played for England in the one and only international against the USSR. His hobbies include wine drinking, playing the electric guitar and travelling the world (106 countries visited!).