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) 22,368 copies, 504 reviews

The Reptile Room (1999) 15,864 copies, 194 reviews

The Wide Window (1999) — Narrator, some editions — 14,316 copies, 140 reviews

The Miserable Mill (2000) — Narrator, some editions — 12,853 copies, 118 reviews

The Austere Academy (2000) — Narrator, some editions — 12,152 copies, 116 reviews

The Hostile Hospital (2001) 11,560 copies, 88 reviews

The Ersatz Elevator (2001) 11,163 copies, 97 reviews

The Carnivorous Carnival (2002) 10,717 copies, 87 reviews

The Slippery Slope (2003) 10,534 copies, 88 reviews

The Vile Village (2001) 10,286 copies, 76 reviews

The Grim Grotto (2004) 9,367 copies, 83 reviews

The End (2006) 9,339 copies, 134 reviews

The Penultimate Peril (2005) 9,239 copies, 90 reviews

Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002) 3,505 copies, 47 reviews

“Who Could That Be at This Hour?” (2012) 2,311 copies, 65 reviews

A Series of Unfortunate Events Box: The Complete Wreck (Books 1-13) (2001) 1,891 copies, 28 reviews

Why We Broke Up (2011) 1,691 copies, 119 reviews

The Beatrice Letters (2006) 1,473 copies, 28 reviews

The Dark (2013) 1,174 copies, 93 reviews

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-03) The Trouble Begins (2000) 1,071 copies, 5 reviews

"When Did You See Her Last?" (2013) 1,025 copies, 24 reviews

Adverbs (2006) 983 copies, 42 reviews

The Basic Eight (1999) 900 copies, 29 reviews

Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid (2007) 843 copies, 24 reviews

"Shouldn't You Be in School?" (2014) 701 copies, 11 reviews

The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming : A Christmas Story (2007) 543 copies, 34 reviews

The Composer Is Dead (2009) 530 copies, 29 reviews

The Lump of Coal (2009) 479 copies, 21 reviews

"Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?" (2015) 476 copies, 10 reviews

A Box of Unfortunate Events (06-09) (2001) 460 copies

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (2014) 436 copies, 6 reviews

Poison for Breakfast (2021) — Author — 424 copies, 8 reviews

Watch Your Mouth (2002) 382 copies, 12 reviews

We Are Pirates (2015) 352 copies, 15 reviews

13 Words (2010) 320 copies, 23 reviews

A Box of Unfortunate Events (04-06) The Situation Worsens (2002) 305 copies, 1 review

A Box of Unfortunate Events (07-09) The Dilemma Deepens (2002) 264 copies, 1 review

The Blank Book (2004) 199 copies, 2 reviews

The Puzzling Puzzles: Bothersome Games Which Will Bother Some People (2004) 197 copies, 1 review

The Bad Mood and the Stick (1991) 172 copies, 21 reviews

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014 (2014) — Introduction; Editor — 147 copies, 7 reviews

All the Dirty Parts (2017) 146 copies, 9 reviews

A Box of Unfortunate Events (10-12) The Gloom Looms (2003) 140 copies, 1 review

Goldfish Ghost (2017) 123 copies, 5 reviews

How to Dress for Every Occasion by the Pope (2005) 116 copies, 2 reviews

29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy (2014) 106 copies, 8 reviews

Girls Standing on Lawns (2014) 89 copies, 4 reviews

Swarm of Bees (2019) 84 copies, 13 reviews

Read Something Else: Collected & Dubious Wit & Wisdom of Lemony Snicket (2019) 68 copies, 3 reviews

Bottle Grove: A Novel (2019) 62 copies, 5 reviews

Behind the Scenes with Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortunate Events Movie Book) (2004) 61 copies

The Notorious Notations (A Series of Unfortunate Events - Blank Journal) (2006) 51 copies, 1 review

And Then? And Then? What Else? (2024) 45 copies, 1 review

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-12) The Horrendous Heap (2005) 44 copies, 1 review

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-04) (1999) 44 copies

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

A Box of Unfortunate Events (05-08) (2001) 30 copies, 1 review

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-10) (2003) 29 copies

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-06) The Loathsome Library (2001) 24 copies, 1 review

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Pessimistic Posters (2004) 23 copies

"Who Could That Be at This Hour?" Free Preview Edition (The First 4 Chapters) (2012) 22 copies, 2 reviews

All the Wrong Questions: A Complete Mystery Paperback Gift Set (2015) 21 copies

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents Reports 7-13 (2014) 20 copies

The Ponderous Postcards (A Series of Unfortunate Events Movie Postcard Book) (2003) 18 copies

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (Reports 1-6) (All the Wrong Questions) (2014) 18 copies

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

A Box of Unfortunate Events (01-05) (2000) 12 copies

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

"When Did You See Her Last?" Free Preview (The First 3 Chapters) (2013) 6 copies

The Penultimate Peril / The End (2009) 5 copies

Baby in the Manger (2007) 5 copies

The Ersatz Elevator: Lemony Snicket's classic children's mystery tale (A Series of Unfortunate Events) 5 copies

The Boggin Beginnin: The Bad Beginning in Scots: 1 (A Series of Scunnersome Events) (2021) 5 copies

Interview with Lemony Snicket (a.k.a. Daniel Handler) (2004) 5 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 Slippery Slope / The Grim Grotto (2009) 3 copies

A Series of Unfortunate Events Notebook the First Very Functional Data (2003) 3 copies

Naturally 2 copies

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Complete Series 2 copies

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

The Bad Beginning, A Multi-Voice Recording (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) 2 copies

Delmonico 2 copies

Lugar Tenebroso (Portuguese Edition) (2005) 2 copies

Kraj otvorenog prozora / U strasnoj pilani - Serija nesrecnih dogadjaja 3 & 4 (2011) 2 copies

A Series of Unfortunate Events Sampler (2006) 2 copies

A Series of Unfortunate Events Misfortune Telling Cards 2 copies

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

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

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

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

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

A Taste of Blackberries 1 copy

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

La Colère Et La Branche (2017) 1 copy

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

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

Letters 1 copy

Shouldn 1 copy

Xseries of Unfort Events Repti 1 copy

Almost Half a Story 1 copy

Perilous Parlour Game 1 copy

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

Does This Look Familiar? 1 copy

A series of unfortunate events unfortunate event kit 1 copy

Series of Unfortunate Events #1 and #2 (PB) 1 copy

Lemony Snicket day countdown calendar featuring the unfortunate events of October 2002 1 copy

Den skrekkelige skolen ; Den skjulte sjakten (2011) 1 copy

Uma Série de Desgraças, Lugar Tenebroso 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

By Lemony SnicketThe Reptile Room: Or, Murder! (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 2)[Paperback] May 8, 2007 1 copy

2 Books! "A Series of Unfortunate Events"! Books #8 & #9: #8~ The Hostile Hospital, #9~ The Carnivorous Carnival 1 copy

Les Desastreuses Aventures des Orphelins de Baudelaire : Tomes 4 - 5 - 6 : Cauchemar a la Scierie ; Piege au College ;… 1 copy

2 Books! A Series of Unfortunate Events (Vol. 3 & 4), The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill 1 copy

The Foggiest Idea 1 copy

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

La mauvaise humeur et la branche 1 copy

A Library of Unfortunate Events (2002) 1 copy

Uma Série de Desgraças Estamos Muito Preocupados 1 copy

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

Khaṭar-i maqabl-i akhar (2013) 1 copy

More Women of History 1 copy

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

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Guys Write for Guys Read (2005) — Contributor — 786 copies, 13 reviews

McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (2004) — Contributor — 680 copies, 10 reviews

Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things . . .: That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel… (2005) — Introduction — 672 copies, 13 reviews

The Future Dictionary of America (2004) — Contributor — 637 copies, 3 reviews

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events [2004 film] (2004) — Original book — 593 copies, 2 reviews

My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (2012) — Contributor — 584 copies, 15 reviews

The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (1945) — Introduction, some editions — 574 copies, 16 reviews

Half-Minute Horrors (2009) — Contributor — 289 copies, 21 reviews

A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Contributor — 257 copies, 4 reviews

Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Contributor — 205 copies, 4 reviews

The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 (2005) — Contributor — 194 copies, 5 reviews

New American Haggadah (2012) — Contributor — 191 copies, 5 reviews

Who Done It? (2013) — Contributor — 141 copies, 6 reviews

McSweeney's Issue 34 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2010) — Contributor — 111 copies, 2 reviews

The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection (2018) — Contributor — 106 copies, 2 reviews

Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition (2007) — Contributor — 75 copies, 2 reviews

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

The Exquisite Corpse Adventure (2011) — Contributor — 65 copies, 8 reviews

Guys Read: Heroes and Villains (2017) — Contributor — 56 copies

Money Changes Everything: Twenty-Two Writers Tackle the Last Taboo with Tales of Sudden Windfalls, Staggering Debts,… (2007) — Contributor — 51 copies, 1 review

69 Love Songs (1999) — Contributor — 33 copies

Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives (2009) — Contributor — 23 copies, 1 review

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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Lemony Snicket and Kids in Searching for Snicket-like Things (February 2019)

Reviews

The Carnivorous Carnival[ THE CARNIVOROUS CARNIVAL… by Lemony Snicket

I really loved this one! Ever since The Vile Village, the next book becomes my favorite. This time, this is the one. The themes explored in this book are super important and approachable to children, from tolerance, disability and acceptance to animal cruelty.

The previous book, The Hostile Hospital, is gloomier than this one, but The Carnivorous Carnival is when the kids really outsmart Count Olaf (for most of the book, at least).

The children are growing up, the themes are maturing just enough, and the main story is finally happening.… (more)

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folkmoss | 86 other reviews | Dec 28, 2024 |

The Dark by Lemony Snicket

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zombietariat | 92 other reviews | Dec 24, 2024 |

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

I've been meaning to read this series for ages and am happy that I finally started. As the first book and having the job of having to introduce all the characters and the circumstances and such, I think it's pretty good. It's entertaining and I did enjoy it. I look forward to reading the rest of the books in the series. I would recommend this book, absolutely. 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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Beammey | 503 other reviews | Dec 21, 2024 |

The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2) by Lemony Snicket

I'm reading all of TUE for the first time and I have to say I am really enjoying them. At first I wasn't so sure, but they're quick, easy reads and they're entertaining. They aren't happy by any means, just like the description says, but I can see how this series has become something of a children's classic. I can't wait to get onto book three. 5 out of 5 stars. I would recommend this book.

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