A systems programmer with IBM, married with two children. A bridge Grandmaster and has represented England at International level. He has written 34 books on bridge, 20 of them co-authored by the late Terence Reese. He is bridge correspondent for the MAIL ON SUNDAY and the LONDON EVENING STANDARD.

He writes regularly for all the world’s top language bridge magazines: BRIDGE MAGAZINE, INTERNATIONAL POPULAR BRIDGE MONTHLY, ENGLISH BRIDGE, AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE BULLETIN, BRIDGE WORLD USA, AUSTRALIAN BRIDGE.

He is best known for his humorous bridge fiction, in particular the adventures of the bridge-playing monks of the St Titus monastery, headed by the notorious Abbot. These stories have been translated into several languages.TB/GM 26.04.97