...life via meticulous craftsmanship. Hassler's 12th novel, "The Staggerford Flood," was released late last year by Viking Press. Hassler and wife Gretchen live in Minneapolis and winter in Florida. He suffers with a form of Parkinson's disease...

...Night" in 1976. "The Staggerford Flood" is set in the early 1990s during the first George Bush presidency, although Viking Press purposely left vague which President Bush Hassler was referring to in order to play up the timeliness. And yet Hassler's...

...turkey or roast for her to serve at large holiday meals. Her award-winning book, ''Comfortable Entertaining,'' (Viking Press, $22.95) is packed with time- and labor-saving tips designed to get the hostess out of the kitchen and back...

...novel, "Our Seventh Friend." Hassler's 12th novel, "The Staggerford Flood," was released late last year by Viking Press. The book is a sequel to Hassler's 1977 break-out novel, "Staggerford," which he wrote in seven months during...

...Public Library. Photos Guest soon will publish her fifth book. "Ordinary People," her first novel, published by Viking Press, won the Janet Heidegger Kafka Prize for best first novel in 1976. The film version went on to win six Academy Awards...