Lemony Snicket

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.

• Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?
  Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights? 2015
• Series of Unfortunate Events
  Series of Unfortunate Events
• File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents

  
  File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents 2014
• Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things . .
  Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things . . 2005
• Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming
  Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming 2007
• The Puzzling Puzzles
  The Puzzling Puzzles 2004
• The Blank Book
  The Blank Book 2004
• The Basic Eight
  The Basic Eight 2006
• The Lump of Coal

  
  The Lump of Coal 2008
• 13 words
  13 words 2010