I whanau a Handler i San Francisco, California, he tama na Sandra Handler (née Walpole) he Dean o te Whare Wananga o San Francisco kua reti, me Louis Handler, he kaikaute. Ko tona papa he rerenga Hurai mai i Tiamana, a he whanaunga tawhiti ia ki te kaituhi Ingarihi a Hugh Walpole na tona whaea. He tuahine tana, ko Rebecca Handler. He kaipānui nui a Handler mai i te tamarikitanga, a ko tana kaituhi tino pai ko William Keepers Maxwell, Jr. I haere ia ki te Commodore Sloat Elementary, Herbert Hoover Middle School, me Lowell High School. I puta ia i te Whare Wananga o Wesleyan i te tau 1992. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Tohu Poeta Akonga o Connecticut i te tau 1992, i kii ia na te tahae i a Elizabeth Bishop. He akonga o te San Francisco Boys Chorus.
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