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Barbara Seagram (born 1949 in Barbados, West Indies) is a Canadian Registered Nurse and contract bridge writer, teacher, and administrator. In addition to being recognized for her professional bridge teaching business and as co-author of eighteen bridge books, she is most widely known for co-writing with Marc Smith ''25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know'', which received the American Bridge Teachers' Association (ABTA) Book of the Year award in 1999.〔(ABTA Book of the Year winners list ).〕 The book is in its 13th printing and has been translated into French, German, Japanese and Danish. It has been named the top selling bridge book of the last 50 years. Seagram was a member of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Board of Governors from 1997 to 2009, has served as president and vice president of ACBL Unit 166, contributes to the ACBL monthly ''Bridge Bulletin'',〔(2004 Bridge Bulletin Index )〕 and is annually recognized as one of the top five recruiters of new ACBL members. She has also served on the Board of Governors and Board of Directors for the ABTA.〔(Better Bridge Magazine ).〕 Seagram is a Gold Life Master player and a Master Teacher (A.B.T.A.) She has received the Kate Buckman Award, given to a person who has contributed most to others' enjoyment of the game, and received the Audrey Grant Award for teaching excellence in 2011. She and her husband Alex Kornel run the Barbara Seagram School of Bridge in Toronto.〔(School of Bridge )〕 In 2012 the ACBL named Seagram and Aileen Osofsky jointly number 40 on the list of 52 most influential bridge personalities during the organization's 75-year history, citing their work promoting friendly behavior at the bridge table. ==Publications== Seagram's books are joint works with one or more co-authors and are published by the bridge specialist Master Point Press of Toronto.〔(List of titles published by Master Point Press ).〕 * ''25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know'' (1999), with Marc Smith – winner of the American Bridge Teachers' Association 1999 BOOK OF THE YEAR * ''25 Ways to Compete in the Bidding'' (2000), with Smith * ''25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer'' (2002), with David Bird * ''25 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know'' (2003), with Bird * ''Practice Your Bidding: Jacoby 2NT'' (2003), with Linda Lee * ''Practice Your Bidding: Roman Keycard Blackwood'' (2003), with Linda Lee * ''Practice Your Bidding: Splinter Bids'' (2003), with Linda Lee * ''Practice Your Bidding: Four-Suit Transfers'' (2004), with Andy Stark * ''Practice Your Bidding: Jacoby Transfers'' (2004), with Stark * ''Practice Your Bidding: Stayman Auctions'' (2004), with Linda Lee * ''25 Ways to Be a Better Defender'' (2006), with Bird * ''Barbara Seagram's Beginning Bridge'' (2008), with Linda Lee * ''Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand'' (2009), with Bird Winner of ABTA Book of The Year Defensive Play at Bridge: A Quiz Book (2013) with Bird Declarer Play at Bridge: A Quiz Book (2012) with Bird Winner of ABTA Book of the Year Bidding at Bridge: A Quiz Book (2014) with Bird * ''Pocket Guide to Bridge'' (2009), with Mark Horton and Ray Lee Pocket Guide to Defensive Play at Bridge (2014) with Bird Pocket Guide to Declarer Play at Bridge (2013) with Bird Pocket Guide to Conventions You Should Know (2012) with Bird * Intermediate Cheat sheet * Advanced Cheat sheet (Conventions) * Defence Cheat sheet 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barbara Seagram」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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