David Handler was born and raised in Los Angeles. He began his career in New York as a journalist, and has since written thirteen novels about the witty and dapper celebrity ghostwriter Stewart Hoag, including the Edgar and American Mystery Award-winning The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald. He helped create the Emmy Award-winning sitcom Kate and Allie and has continued to write extensively for television and films. David lives in a 200-year-old carriage house in Old Lyme, Connecticut.