Daniel Handler

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February 28, 1970 in San Francisco, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Children's Books

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Daniel Handler is the author of the novels The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, Adverbs, and as Lemony Snicket a sequence of children's novels collectively entitled "A Series of Unfortunate Events." He also plays the accordion.

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Books by Daniel Handler

Average rating: 3.57 · 8,494 ratings · 1,831 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman (Illustrator) 3.49 avg rating — 3,938 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Basic Eight 3.91 avg rating — 1,509 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Adverbs 3.41 avg rating — 1,718 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Watch Your Mouth 3.27 avg rating — 529 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	My rating:
	How to Dress for Every Occasion by the Pope by Daniel Handler, Sarah Pinkie Bennett, Sarah "Pinkie" Bennett (Illustrations) 3.69 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Guys Write for Guys Read by Jon Scieszka (Editor), Lloyd Alexander, M.T. Anderson 3.85 avg rating — 510 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock, Daniel Handler (Introduction) 4.05 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1911 — 32 editions	My rating:
	The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto by Bernard DeVoto, Daniel Handler (Introduction) 3.60 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1948 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition by Rich Horton (Editor), M. Rickert, David J. Schwartz 3.55 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Der schreckliche Anfang (Eine Reihe betrüblicher Ereignisse, #1) by Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler 3.72 avg rating — 80,832 ratings — published 1999 — 17 editions	My rating:

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January 2012, Daniel Handler
"The exquisite pain of doomed teenage love is profiled in Why We Broke Up, a joint project from the author also known as Lemony Snicket and illustrator Maira Kalman." ...More

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Quotes by Daniel Handler

“A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.”
― Daniel Handler

tags: humor , ignorance , lemony-snicket , library

70 people liked it

“How do you forget something? You just walk away from it, those who are still alive. There are so few clearings in our hearts and minds, so few places where something can't grow on top of whatever happened to us before, and this is love too. ”
― Daniel Handler, Adverbs

45 people liked it

“Someone can break your heart, leave you dead on the lawn, and still you never learn what to say to stop it all over again. ”
― Daniel Handler, Adverbs

33 people liked it

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What randomly picked book would you like to read in March?

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

38 votes, 21.3%

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

38 votes, 21.3%

Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck

30 votes, 16.9%

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

19 votes, 10.7%

I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend by Cora Harrison

17 votes, 9.6%

Not That Kind Of Girl by Siobhan Vivian

15 votes, 8.4%

How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier

10 votes, 5.6%

Geek Fantasy Novel by E. Archer

5 votes, 2.8%

Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern

4 votes, 2.2%

Caleb + Kate by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma

2 votes, 1.1%

178 total votes

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