Barbara Seagram

{{Short description|Canadian contract bridge teacher, writer, and administrator}}

Barbara Seagram (born 1949 in Barbados, West Indies) is a Canadian Registered Nurse and contract bridge writer, teacher, and administrator. She is co-author of thirty-eight published bridge books, including 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.[http://www.abtahome.com/boty.htm ABTA Book of the Year winners list] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212075030/http://www.abtahome.com/boty.htm |date=2009-12-12 }}. The book was in its 19th printing{{when|date=June 2014}} and has been translated into French, German, Japanese, Portuguese and Danish. It has now been rewritten and revised in 2023.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

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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 (Southern Ontario), has contributed to the ACBL Bridge Bulletin,{{Cite web|url=http://web2.acbl.org/documentlibrary/join/04index.pdf|title=2004 Bridge Bulletin Index|accessdate=3 October 2023}} and has been annually recognized as one of the top ten recruiters of new ACBL members.{{OEB|6|731}} She has also served on the Board of Governors of ACBL and Board of Directors for the ABTA.[http://www.betterbridge.com/articles/Clubs/KateBuckmansBStudio.pdf Kate Buckman's Studio] betterbridge.com {{dead link|date=October 2023}}

Seagram and her husband Alex Kornel run the Barbara Seagram School of Bridge in Toronto.{{Cite web|url=https://www.barbaraseagram.com/|title=Barbara Seagram | Toronto School of Bridge|website=www.barbaraseagram.com|accessdate=3 October 2023}}

In 2012 the ACBL named Seagram number 40 on the list of 52 most influential bridge personalities during the organization's 75-year history, citing her work (along with Paul Cronin) promoting friendly behavior at the bridge table Zero Tolerance program.{{cite journal|author=Brent Manley|date=January 2012|title=Significant Influence|journal=Bridge Bulletin|volume=78|issue=1|pages=18–23|publisher=American Contract Bridge League|issn=1089-6376}}

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.masterpointpress.com/authorlist.php |title=List of titles published by Master Point Press |access-date=2010-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217075702/http://www.masterpointpress.com/authorlist.php |archive-date=2010-02-17 |url-status=dead }}{{clarify|date=June 2014}}

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 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 Bridge Conventions You Should Know (2012) with Marc Smith