His new novel for young readers is The Wheel of Nuldoid, a fantasy adventure that many clubmembers have read and are enthusiastic about. It has already earned three major writing and publishing awards. This caps his career as Emmy-award-winning scriptwriter for top TV shows like Murphy Brown, the Middle, Hill Street Blues, Benson, Fantasy Island, Webster, Newhart, Valerie's Family, St. Elsewhere, Parenthood, Good Sports, Room for Two, Double Rush, Mad About You, The Drew Carey Show, Cybill, Style & Substance, Becker, and Notes from the Underbelly, The Book Club did not want Mr. Woody to leave, ever.

as Russ Woody has sculpted him, lives on the inside of the Earth, helping to keep our planet rotating from day to night. He is fairly grumpy. Nuldoids call us humans "crustoids" because we live out on the edge of the earth's crust. This ceramic sculpture, about two feet high, is almost life-sized, says Mr. Woody. He is beginning work on a sequel. Ink Drinkers can't wait.