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• Lemony Snicket is the pseudonym of author Daniel Handler. He is the author of the series of children's books, A Series of Unfortunate Events.

• Fast Facts

  1. Real Name: Daniel Handler
  2. Date of Birth: February 28, 1970
  3. Is a character in A Series of Unfortunate Events
  4. Literary Genre: Children's Books
  5. Very little is known about Lemony Snicket's past
  6. Handler used the name Lemony Snicket to write prank letters to newspapers

• Character

  In A Series of Unfortunate Events the character Lemony Snicket is a former theater critic who has assigned himself the task of researching and writing about the Baudelaire orphans.

• Notable Works

  • 1999-2006: A Series of Unfortunate Events Series
  • 2002: Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
  • 2007: The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming
  • 2007: Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
  • 2009: The Composer is Dead

• A Series of Unfortunate Events Review

  ""A Series of Unfortunate Events" may have been aimed at children -- its volumes have regularly filled slots on The New York Times' children's book best-seller list -- but Mr. Handler has cleverly filled them with enough in-jokes and literary references that older readers can also read the books with pleasure." — CNN.com

• Lemony Snicket Quote

  "How do young people respond to your books?"

  "People, young and old, have responded to my books with a mixture of shock, horror, melancholy, resignation, and enthusiasm." — Lemony Snicket — HarperCollins

• Related Mahalo Pages

  Daniel Handler | A Series of Unfortunate Events | A Series of Unfortunate Events Film | Jim Carrey | The Baudelaire Orphans | The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming | The Beatrice Letters

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