Lemony Snicket

Author of The Bad Beginning

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About the Author

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of Daniel Handler, who was born on February 28, 1970. As Lemony Snicket, he is the author of and appears as a character in the children's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events. He has also written or contributed to other works using this pen name including Baby show more in the Manger, The Lump of Coal, The Composer Is Dead, and Where Did You See Her Last?. Under his real name, Handler is the author of several books for adults including The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, and Adverbs. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

A Series of Unfortunate Events

All The Wrong Questions

Works by Lemony Snicket

Popular Recent

The Bad Beginning (1999) 21,400 copies

The Reptile Room (1999) 15,153 copies

The Wide Window (1999) 13,663 copies

The Miserable Mill (2000) 12,340 copies

The Austere Academy (2000) 11,620 copies

The Hostile Hospital (2001) 10,920 copies

The Ersatz Elevator (2001) 10,586 copies

The Carnivorous Carnival (2002) 10,206 copies

The Slippery Slope (2003) 10,019 copies

The Vile Village (2001) 9,829 copies

The Grim Grotto (2004) 8,925 copies

The End (2006) 8,895 copies

The Penultimate Peril (2005) 8,828 copies

Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002) 3,394 copies

"Who Could That Be at This Hour?" (All the Wrong Questions) (2012) 2,175 copies

A Series of Unfortunate Events Box: The Complete Wreck (Books 1-13) (1994) 1,826 copies

Why We Broke Up (2011) 1,647 copies

The Beatrice Letters (2006) 1,436 copies

The Dark (2013) 1,124 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-03) The Trouble Begins (2000) 1,048 copies

Adverbs (2006) 973 copies

"When Did You See Her Last?" (All the Wrong Questions) (2013) 960 copies

The Basic Eight (1999) 890 copies

Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid (2007) 828 copies

Shouldn't You Be in School? (All the Wrong Questions) (2014) 662 copies

The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming : A Christmas Story (2007) 535 copies

The Composer Is Dead (2009) 508 copies

The Lump of Coal (2009) 464 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (06-09) (2001) 464 copies

"Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?" (All the Wrong Questions) (2015) 447 copies

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (2014) 410 copies

Watch Your Mouth (2002) 378 copies

Poison for Breakfast (2021) 362 copies

We Are Pirates (2015) 340 copies

13 Words (2010) 310 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (04-06) The Situation Worsens (2002) 300 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (07-09) The Dilemma Deepens (2002) 254 copies

The Puzzling Puzzles: Bothersome Games Which Will Bother Some People (2004) 196 copies

The Blank Book (2004) 194 copies

The Bad Mood and the Stick (1991) 163 copies

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014 (2014) — Introduction; Editor — 144 copies

All the Dirty Parts (2017) 138 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (10-12) The Gloom Looms (2003) 134 copies

Goldfish Ghost (2017) 117 copies

How to Dress for Every Occasion by the Pope (2005) 115 copies

29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy (2014) 100 copies

Girls Standing on Lawns (1656) 86 copies

Swarm of Bees (2019) 78 copies

Behind the Scenes with Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortunate Events Movie Book) (2003) 62 copies

Read Something Else: Dubious Wit and Wisdom (2019) 58 copies

Bottle Grove (2019) 54 copies

The Notorious Notations (A Series of Unfortunate Events - Blank Journal) (2006) 48 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-12) The Horrendous Heap (2000) 44 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-04) (1999) 43 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-10) (2003) 34 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-11) The Cumbersome Collection (2004) 31 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (05-08) (2001) 29 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-06) The Loathsome Library (2001) 24 copies

"Who Could That Be at This Hour?" Free Preview Edition (The First 4 Chapters) (2012) 22 copies

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Pessimistic Posters (2004) 22 copies

All the Wrong Questions: A Complete Mystery Paperback Gift Set (2015) 20 copies

The Ponderous Postcards (A Series of Unfortunate Events Movie Postcard Book) (2004) 18 copies

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (Reports 1-6) (All the Wrong Questions) (2014) 17 copies

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents Reports 7-13 (2014) 17 copies

The Bad Beginning / The Reptile Room (1999) 13 copies

The Tragic Treasury: Songs From a Series of Unfortunate Events (2006) 12 copies

And Then? And Then? What Else? (2024) 12 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-05) (2000) 11 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-09) (2006) 11 copies

2004 Calendar of Unfortunate Events: Thirteen Alarming Months! (A Series of Unfortunate Events) (2003) 8 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (05-09) (2006) 7 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (10-13) (2012) 6 copies

Baby in the Manger (2007) 5 copies

Interview with Lemony Snicket (a.k.a. Daniel Handler) (2004) 5 copies

The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4) 1 edition 4 copies

2005 Calendar of Unfortunate Events: Thirteen Alarming Months! (A Series of Unfortunate Events) (2004) 4 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-07) (1999) 4 copies

The Boggin Beginnin: The Bad Beginning in Scots: 1 (A Series of Scunnersome Events) (2021) 3 copies

The Carnivorous Carnival[SUE #09 CARNIVOROUS CARNIVAL][Hardcover] 3 copies

Veleno a colazione (2023) 3 copies

The Penultimate Peril / The End (2009) 3 copies

Delmonico 2 copies

A Series of Unfortunate Events Notebook the First Very Functional Data (2003) 2 copies

A Series of Unfortunate Events Misfortune Telling Cards 2 copies

The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events # 9) First Edition edition 2 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (09-13) (2003) 2 copies

A Series of Unfortunate Events Sampler (2006) 2 copies

Unfortunate Events: The Complete Series 2 copies

Naturally 2 copies

When Did You See Her Last? FREE PREVIEW (The First 3 Chapters) (All the Wrong Questions) (2013) 2 copies

The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events) by Snicket, Lemony (2012) Paperback 2 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (04-10) 1 copy

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-08) 1 copy

The Alphabet Eurps and the Birthday Surprise (Eurps Concept Books) (1999) 1 copy

A Series of Unfortunate Events : Thirteen Alarming Months! (A Series of Unfortunate Events) 1 copy

Letters 1 copy

Shouldn 1 copy

The Hostile Hospital [Unabridged CDs] 1 copy

Uma série de desgraças volume IV - Lugar tenebroso 1 copy

The Slippery Slope / The Grim Grotto (2014) 1 copy

Imaginary Comforts, or The Story of the Ghost of the Dead Rabbit 1 copy

The Grim Crotto (A Series of Unfortunte Events #11 1 copy

The Bad Beginning Book #1 A Series of Unfotunate Events 1 copy

The Reptile Room Book #2 (A Series of Unfortunate Events ) 1 copy

The Austere Academy ( A Series of Unfortunate Events) Book #5 1 copy

The Slippery Slope (A Series Of Unfortunate Events ) Book #10 1 copy

Kurjuse küla 1 copy

Perilous Parlour Game 1 copy

Three Songs from the CD The Tragic Treasury Executed by The Gothic Archies for A Series of Unfortunate Events 1 copy

KOTU GUNLER BASLARKEN 1 copy

A Taste of Blackberries 1 copy

Almost Half a Story 1 copy

The Bad Beginning, A Multi-Voice Recording (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) 1 copy

A Library of Unfortunate Events (2002) 1 copy

La mauvaise humeur et la branche 1 copy

(Una serie de catastróficas desdichas 14) El trozo de carbón 1 copy

Snickety Snippets and Other Sordid Scribbles – Compulsively Compiled and Carefully(?) Curated 1 copy

Tout commence mal...: Les Désastreuses Aventures des orphelins Baudelaire 1 1 copy

The Bad Beginning or Orphans! 1 copy

A Series of Unfortunate Events Box Set (Book 6-10) (The Ersatz Elevator: Book 6, The Vile Village: Book 7, The Hostile… 1 copy

A Series of Unfortunate Events: the Most Eventful Day of Your Life (2005) 1 copy

La Colere Et La Branche (French Edition) (2017) 1 copy

البداية السيئة - سلسلة أحداث مؤسفة 1 copy

Uma Série de Desgraças Estamos Muito Preocupados 1 copy

Das teuflische Hospital: Die schaurige Geschichte von Violet, Sunny und Klaus (Band 8) (Beltz & Gelberg) 1 copy

[(The Bad Beginning )] [Author: Lemony Snicket] [Jun-2007] 1 copy

Unfortunate Event Kit: A Series of Unfortunate Events Kit [Boxed Set] 1 copy

Khaṭar-i maqabl-i akhar (2013) 1 copy

The End of Lemony Snicket for Friday the 13th October 2006: The Worst Lemony Snicket Day Ever Event Kit [Boxed Set] 1 copy

More Women of History 1 copy

The Foggiest Idea 1 copy

Does This Look Familiar? 1 copy

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events PS2 1 copy

Kraj otvorenog prozora / U strasnoj pilani - Serija nesrecnih dogadjaja 3 & 4 (2003) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales (2011) — Introduction — 863 copies

Guys Write for Guys Read (2005) — Contributor — 769 copies

McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (2004) — Contributor — 671 copies

Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things . . .: That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel… (2005) — Introduction — 660 copies

The Future Dictionary of America (2004) — Contributor — 627 copies

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events [2004 film] (2004) — Original book — 572 copies

My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (2012) — Contributor — 560 copies

The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (1945) — Introduction, some editions — 540 copies

Half-Minute Horrors (2009) — Contributor — 279 copies

A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Contributor — 236 copies

The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 (2005) — Contributor — 190 copies

Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Contributor — 186 copies

New American Haggadah (2012) — Contributor — 183 copies

Who Done It? (2013) — Contributor — 135 copies

McSweeney's Issue 34 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2010) — Contributor — 109 copies

The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection (2018) — Contributor — 97 copies

Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition (2007) — Contributor — 75 copies

Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy (2009) — Contributor — 71 copies

The Exquisite Corpse Adventure (2011) — Contributor — 61 copies

Money Changes Everything: Twenty-Two Writers Tackle the Last Taboo with Tales of Sudden Windfalls, Staggering Debts,… (2007) — Contributor — 51 copies

Guys Read: Heroes and Villains (2017) — Contributor — 46 copies

69 Love Songs (1999) — Contributor — 32 copies

Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives (2009) — Contributor — 23 copies

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Season 3 [2019 TV series] — Original book — 1 copy

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Season 2 [2018 TV series] — Original book — 1 copy

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Season 1 [2017 TV series] — Original book — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Snicket, Lemony
Legal name: Handler, Daniel
Other names: Snicket, Lemony
Birthdate: 1970-02-28
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Places of residence: San Francisco, California, USA
Education: Wesleyan University (B.A.|1992)
Occupations: novelist
screenwriter
accordionist
Relationships: Brown, Lisa (wife)
Awards and honors: Michael L. Printz Honor Award (2012)

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Discussions

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Reviews

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (#1) by Lemony Snicket

After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.

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PlumfieldCH | 492 other reviews | May 9, 2024 |

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) by Lemony Snicket

Curious why this was so popular back when these were being published, I checked one out from my library. I wasn't to inspired to read it when the first page warned me that if I am attached to happy endings I should move along, but I was curious how it could be popular if it was unhappy and hoped the author was fibbing. No, he kind of wasn't. But I might read the next one anyway. :-)

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TraSea | 492 other reviews | Apr 29, 2024 |

And Then? And Then? What Else? by Daniel Handler

A look into the life of a great writer. Great read!

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ErinBy | Apr 20, 2024 |

The Dark by Lemony Snicket

I think my daughter asked to read this book 4 or 5 times a week for many weeks after we bought it.

There are much more eloquent reviews below, but you know it's a good book when a 3 year old is obsessed with it. I love the idea that we need the dark to appreciate the light, and that darkness cannot be escaped. It's everywhere, even when we close our eyes.

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mrsandersonreads23 | 89 other reviews | Apr 14, 2024 |

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