A mụrụ Handler na San Francisco, California, nwa Sandra Handler (née Walpole) onye lara ezumike nká na City College nke San Francisco Dean, na Louis Handler, onye na-ede ego. Nna ya bụ onye Juu gbara ọsọ ndụ si Germany, ya na onye edemede Britain bụ Hugh Walpole nwere njikọ dị anya site na nne ya. O nwere nwanne nwanyị nke obere, Rebecca Handler. Handler bụ onye na-agụ akwụkwọ kemgbe ọ bụ nwata, na onye edemede ya kachasị amasị ya bụ William Keepers Maxwell, Jr. Ọ gara Commodore Sloat Elementary, Herbert Hoover Middle School, na Lowell High School. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Wesleyan na 1992. E nyere ya 1992 Connecticut Student Poet Prize, nke ọ na-ekwu na ọ nwetara site na ịpụpụ Elizabeth Bishop. Ọ bụ onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na San Francisco Boys Chorus. Ajụjụ: Kedu ọrụ nna Handler nwere?
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