Lemony Snicket

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born

in San Francisco , The United States

February 28, 1970

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male

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http://www.lemonysnicket.com/

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Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler. 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, the name Lemony Snicket may refer to both a fictional character and a real person. This article deals primarily with the character.

As a character, Snicket is a harried, troubled writer and researcher falsely accused of felonies and continuously hunted by the police and his enemies, the fire-starting side of the secret organization Volunteer Fire Department (V.F.D.). As a child he was kidnapped and inducted as a "neophyte" into V.F.D., where he was trained in rhetoric and sent on se...more Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler. 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, the name Lemony Snicket may refer to both a fictional character and a real person. This article deals primarily with the character.

As a character, Snicket is a harried, troubled writer and researcher falsely accused of felonies and continuously hunted by the police and his enemies, the fire-starting side of the secret organization Volunteer Fire Department (V.F.D.). As a child he was kidnapped and inducted as a "neophyte" into V.F.D., where he was trained in rhetoric and sent on seemingly pointless missions while all connections to his former life, apart from his siblings Jacques and Kit (who were also kidnapped and inducted), were severed. In the organization he met and fell in love with a peer named Beatrice, to whom he eventually became engaged. After a series of unfortunate events (after which the real-world series is in some ways named), he became falsely accused of murder and arson. Eventually the fallacies grew so much that The Daily Punctilio reported his death. Beatrice eventually moved on and married Bertrand Baudelaire, becoming the mother of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, the protagonists of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Fourteen years thereafter Beatrice and Bertrand were murdered in a house fire, leaving the Baudelaires orphans. Feeling indebted to his former fiancée, Snicket embarks on a quest to chronicle the lives of the Baudelaire children until they become old enough to face the troubles of the world on their own.

Snicket is the subject of a fictional autobiography, Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (which contains an introduction from a fictionalized version of Daniel Handler). A pamphlet, 13 Shocking Secrets You'll Wish You Never Knew About Lemony Snicket, was released in promotion of The End. Other works by Snicket include The Baby in the Manger, The Composer Is Dead, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid, The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming, The Lump of Coal, and "13 Words". Snicket is currently writing a new children's series that is due out sometime in 2012.(less)

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	The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrator) 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 145,463 ratings — published 1999 — 78 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrator) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 63,090 ratings — published 1999 — 62 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrations) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 57,012 ratings — published 2000 — 56 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrations), Michael Kupperman (Illustrations) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 48,084 ratings — published 2000 — 51 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 50,749 ratings — published 2000 — 61 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6) 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 45,439 ratings — published 2001 — 45 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 42,664 ratings — published 2001 — 45 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrations), Michael Kupperman (Illustrations) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 40,397 ratings — published 2002 — 36 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrations), Michael Kupperman (Illustrations) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 39,247 ratings — published 2003 — 33 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrations), Michael Kupperman (Illustrations) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 36,523 ratings — published 2004 — 29 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 books)
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All The Wrong Questions (2 books)
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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

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“Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”
― Lemony Snicket

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“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
― Lemony Snicket

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