Lemony Snicket

28 February 1970

100 works on record

Biography

Lemony Snicket is the legal nom de plume of American novelist Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970). Snicket is the author of several children's books, serving as the narrator of *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (his best known work) and appearing as a character within the series. Because of this, Lemony Snicket is both a fictional character and a real person. Handler was born in San Francisco, California. He attended Commodore Sloat Elementary, Herbert Hoover Middle School and Lowell High School. Handler graduated from Wesleyan University in 1992. He is an alumnus of the San Francisco Boys Chorus. Handler is married to Lisa Brown, a graphic artist that he met in college.They have a son, Otto, who was born around Halloween 2003. They live in an old Victorian house in San Francisco. Handler's mother is retired City College of San Francisco Dean, Sandra Handler, and his father, Louis Handler, is an accountant. He also has a younger sister, Rebecca Handler.

Works

Poison for Breakfast

2021

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents

2014

The Dark

2013

When Did You See Her Last?

2013

Why we broke up

2012

Who Could That Be at this Hour?

2012

The Lump of Coal

2008

Horseradish

2007

Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming

2007

The Bad Beginning

2007

The Beatrice Letters

2006

Adverbs

2006

Adverbs CD

2006

The End

2006

How to Dress for Every Occasion by the Pope

2005

The Grim Grotto

2004

The Vile Village

2003

The Ersatz Elevator

2003

The Carnivorous Carnival

2002

The Miserable Mill

2001

The Wide Window

2000

The Austere Academy

2000

Watch Your Mouth

2000

The basic eight

1999

The Blank Book

The Horrendous Heap

A Series of Unfortunate Events Box

The Puzzling Puzzles

The Complete Wreck

The Ponderous Postcards

The Pessimistic Posters

A Library of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-10 (The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, The Carnivorous Carnival, The Slippery Slope) [SHRINK WRAPPED]

The Trouble Begins, Movie Tie-in Edition

Behind the Scenes with Count Olaf

The Notorious Notations (A Series of Unfortunate Events - Blank Journal)