David Handler, who began his career in New York as a journalist, was born and raised in Los Angeles and published two highly acclaimed novels about growing up there,┬аKiddo┬аand┬аBoss,┬аbefore resorting to a life of crime fiction.┬аHe has written nine novels about the witty and dapper celebrity ghostwriter Stewart Hoag and his faithful, neurotic basset hound, Lulu, including the Edgar and American Mystery AwardтАУwinning┬аThe Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald┬аand┬аThe Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes.┬аHe has also written eleven novels featuring the mismatched crime-fighting duo of New York film critic Mitch Berger and Connecticut State trooper Desiree Mitry. David's short stories have earned him a Derringer Award nomination and other honors. He was a member of the original writing staff that created the Emmy AwardтАУwinning sitcom┬аKate & Allie┬аand has continued to write extensively for television and films on both coasts. He also co-authored the international bestselling thriller┬аGideon┬аunder the pseudonym Russell Andrews. He lives in a 200-year-old carriage house in Old Lyme, Connecticut.