Al Peters developed and edits The Kibitzer.  He became an ACBL life master in 1974 and is an Air Force veteran who served overseas during the Vietnam War.  He holds  three advanced degrees from Stoney Brook, Adelphi and Florida Atlantic University and taught and administered as a special educator for Palm Beach County schools before his later careers as a technologist, IT manager, webmaster, business and “ghost” writer. He's lived abroad and in New York, the Pacific Northwest, and Tucson, Arizona before returning to South Florida in 2018. He's written for publications such as Bridge World and the ACBL Bulletin. While in Tucson his bridge columns at times appeared in  issues of The Arizona Star and Oro Valley Voice.

Locally he directed games at the Bridge Center for two years before retiring from direction during COVID.  He plays these days mostly on-line but remains an active and supportive Bridge Center member. He and his high school sweetheart Joy make their home in Palm City.