As I do every year on this day I celebrate my union, the Writers Guild of America, which has provided me with a living wage, health and pension benefits since I first started writing sitcoms. As a novelist I am guaranteed no such benefits whatsoever. Color me UNION PROUD.

I'm thrilled to report I've just inked a two-book contract with Mysterious Press that will keep Hoagy and Lulu alive through 2027. My newest, THE MAN WHO SWORE HE'D NEVER GO HOME AGAIN, lands in March. I couldn't happier. It's an honor to be a member of the Ottoman Empire.

Fasten your seat belts, it's coming out in March and I love it.

So sorry to hear that the gifted writer Sherry Coben, who I went through the trenches with for the first two seasons of "Kate and Allie" starting on day one, has died. Working on a sitcom staff together creates a life long bond. She was only 71. RIP, kiddo. You'll be missed.

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No matter what happened this week, I still have my beach, my ocean and my sky to come home to.

December, 49 degrees

For those of you who've been reaching out to me frantically my newest Hoagy, THE MAN WHO SWORE HE'D NEVER GO HOME AGAIN, won't land until March 18. But it's available for pre-order RIGHT NOW on Amazon with a gift card by email or text Your favorite bookseller can fix you up, too

January

I can never, ever decide which Albert Brooks movie is my favorite but I can report that MOTHER holds up really well to a third viewing.

And so it begins. The early (positive) trade reviews for for my newest Hoagy novel,THE MAN WHO SWORE HE'D NEVER GO HOME AGAIN, are starting to trickle in. From Kirkus: "A welcome prequel to the hero's more jaded adventures." It lands March 18.

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If you weren't up for springing for the hardcover last winter it's now available in trade paperback . The NY Journal of Books said "Pick this one up for light entertainment, flawless narrative and a charming throwback to the great of what a city crime novel once delivered."

FYI case you're interested. Pub date is March 18

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"Today's the official pub date of my newest Hoagy, "The Man Who Swore He'd Never Go Home Again." There's nothing like the thrill of holding a new book. And I truly love this one. Hope you will, too..."A crackerjack of a crime novel...Equal parts charm and cunning." -- The Strand

"David Handler is so good at writing one smart, funny page-turner after another that he makes it look easy." -- Harlan Coben

"Handler is the master of the sly, comedic mystery." Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Left Undone.

On the Word Wenches today we have a roundup of What We’re Reading this month – an eclectic collection! How about you? Recommendations please! David Handler Ariel Lawhon Sophie Kinsella Fiona Gibson Nicola Cornick @JaneLovering T E Kinsey (Tim) Sue Moorcroft author wordwenches.com/what-were-read…