Jan Pittelli grew up in a large card playing family in southern Indiana and has been playing bridge for fun and competively for over 45 years. She is a certified ACBL teacher and has taught bridge for over 20 years. At the present time, she devotes most of her bridge efforts to teaching. She has long recognized that a solid foundation in basic bidding is the bridge player's most important asset because there is so much to be absorbed. Her goal with this book was to make basic bidding more understandable. Her favorite things to do are usually connected to bridge but she also enjoys golf, knitti...