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Lemony Snicket is the legal pen name 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. 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 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, 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, Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid, The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming, and The Lump of Coal. Snicket is currently writing a new children's series that is due out sometime in 2012.

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This author page uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lemony Snicket", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
Total Books: 407
Poison for Breakfast
2021 - Poison for Breakfast (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781324090625
ISBN-10: 1324090626
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Teen & Young Adult
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A Series of Unfortunate Events The Bad Beginning Vinyl  MP3
Read Something Else Collected  Dubious Wit  Wisdom of Lemony Snicket
2019 - Read Something Else Collected Dubious Wit Wisdom of Lemony Snicket (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780062854216
ISBN-10: 0062854216
Genre: Children's Books
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Swarm of Bees
2019 - Swarm of Bees (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780316392822
ISBN-10: 0316392820
Genre: Children's Books
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A Series of Unfortunate Events 59 Netflix Tiein Box Set
2018 - A Series of Unfortunate Events 59 Netflix Tiein Box Set (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780062796196
ISBN-10: 0062796194
Genre: Children's Books
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A Series of Unfortunate Events 1 The Bad Beginning Netflix Tiein
A Series of Unfortunate Events 2 The Reptile Room Netflix Tiein
2017 - A Series of Unfortunate Events 2 the Reptile Room Netflix Tiein (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780062796035
ISBN-10: 0062796038
Genre: Children's Books
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A Series of Unfortunate Events 4 The Miserable Mill Netflix Tiein
2017 - A Series of Unfortunate Events 4 the Miserable Mill Netflix Tiein (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780062796059
ISBN-10: 0062796054
Genre: Children's Books
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A Series of Unfortunate Events 14 Netflix Tiein Box Set
2017 - A Series of Unfortunate Events 14 Netflix Tiein Box Set (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780062796141
ISBN-10: 0062796143
Genre: Children's Books
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All the Wrong Questions Question 1 Also Published as Who Could That Be at This Hour
The Bad Mood and the Stick
2017 - The Bad Mood and the Stick (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780316392785
ISBN-10: 0316392782
Genre: Children's Books
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Goldfish Ghost
2017 - Goldfish Ghost (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781626725072
ISBN-10: 1626725071
Genre: Children's Books
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Guys Read Heroes  Villains
2017 - Guys Read Heroes VIllains [Guys Read Library of Great Reading] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781538411933
ISBN-10: 1538411938
Genre: Children's Books
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Guys Read Heroes  Villains  Library Edition
2017 - Guys Read Heroes VIllains Library Edition [Guys Read Library of Great Reading] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781538411940
ISBN-10: 1538411946
Genre: Children's Books
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File Under 13 Suspicious Incidents
2016 - File Under 13 Suspicious Incidents (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780316393065
ISBN-10: 0316393061
Genre: Children's Books
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Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights
2016 - Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights [All the Wrong Questions, Bk 4] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780316380621
ISBN-10: 0316380628
Genre: Children's Books
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All the Wrong Questions A Complete Mystery Gift Set
2015 - All the Wrong Questions a Complete Mystery Gift Set (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780316300759
ISBN-10: 0316300756
Genre: Children's Books
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Shouldn't You Be in School
2015 - Shouldn't You Be in School [All the Wrong Questions] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780316380607
ISBN-10: 0316380601
Genre: Children's Books
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Who Could That Be at This Hour
2015 - Who Could That Be at This Hour [All the Wrong Questions] (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780316262910
ISBN-10: 0316262919
Genre: Children's Books
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Shouldn't You Be in School Library Edition
2014 - Shouldn't You Be in School Library Edition [All the Wrong Questions] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781478956624
ISBN-10: 1478956623
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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A Series of Unfortunate Events 2 The Reptile Room CD
2014 - A Series of Unfortunate Events 2 the Reptile Room Cd (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9780062362698
ISBN-10: 0062362690
Genre: Children's Books
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2014 - When Did You See Her Last [All the Wrong Questions] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
2014 - Who Could That Be at This Hour [All the Wrong Questions] (Paperback)Hardcover, Audio CD
2014 - Who Could That Be at This Hour [All the Wrong Questions] (Audio CD)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
2014 - 'shouldn't You Be in School' [All the Wrong Questions, Bk 3] (Paperback)Paperback
2013 - 'when Did You See Her Last' [All the Wrong Questions, Bk 2] (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
2012 - Who Could That Be at This Hour [All The Wrong Questions, Bk 1] (Hardcover)
2012 - 'who Could That Be at This Hour' [All the Wrong Questions, Bk 1 - Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
2012 - The Grim Grotto [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 11] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2012 - Penultimate Peril [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 12] (Paperback)Hardcover
2012 - End [Series Unfortunate Events] (Paperback)
2012 - The Bad Beginning [Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 1] (Paperback)Hardcover
2012 - The Reptile Room [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Paperback)
2012 - The VIle VIllage [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Paperback)Hardcover
2012 - The Ersatz Elevator [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Paperback)
2012 - The Hostile Hospital [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Paperback)
2012 - The Carnivorous Carnival [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Paperback)Hardcover
2010 - The Austere Academy [Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 5] (Paperback)
2010 - The Ersatz Elevator [Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 6] (Paperback)
2010 - The VIle VIllage [Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 7] (Paperback)
2009 - The Miserable Mill or Hypnotism [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Other)
2009 - The Austere Academy or Kidnapping [A Series of Unfortunate Events] (Other)
2009 - The Composer Is Dead [Book & CD] (Hardcover)
2008 - The Wide Window [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Other)Hardcover
2008 - The Miserable Mill [Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition - Series of Unfortunate Events] (Other)
2007 - Baby in the Manger [Picture Book] (Hardcover)
2007 - The Unauthorized Autobiography [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Hardcover)
2007 - The Bad Beginning or Orphans [Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 1] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
2007 - The Reptile Room [Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 2] (Paperback)
2006 - Book the Thirteenth the End [A Series of Unfortunate Events] (Other)
2006 - The Complete Wreck [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-13] (Hardcover)
2006 - The End [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 13] (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
2006 - Series of Unfortunate Events X30 Mxd Dbn [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Hardcover)
2006 - The End [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 13 - Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
2006 - The Beatrice Letters [A Series of Unfortunate Events] (Hardcover)Hardcover
2006 - The Notorious Notations [A Series of Unfortunate Events] (Hardcover)
2006 - Un Mal Principio / the Bad Beginning [Una Serie De Catastroficas Desdichas / a Series of Unfortunate Events - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2006 - Series of Unfortunate Events 2 Multivoice Cd [A Series of Unfortunate Events] (Audio CD)
2006 - The Penultimate Peril [Lemony Snicket: Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 12 - Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
2005 - The Horrendous Heap [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-12] (Hardcover)
2005 - The Penultimate Peril [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 12 - Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
2005 - The Loathsome Library [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bks 1-6] (Hardcover)
2005 - The Gloom Looms [A Series of Unfortunate Events Bks 10-12] (Hardcover)
2005 - Tshirt [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Paperback)
2005 - Habitacion De Los Reptilos / the Reptile Room [Una Serie De Catastroficas Desdichas - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2005 - The Ominous Omnibus [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bks 1-3] (Hardcover)Hardcover
2004 - La Antologa Siniestra the Ominous Omnibus [Una Serie de Catastroficas Desdichas, Bks 1-3 - Spanish] (Paperback)
2004 - The Ponderous Postcards [A Series of Unfortunate Events] (Other)Paperback
2004 - The Bad Beginning [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 1] (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
2004 - The Puzzling Puzzles Bothersome Games Which Will Bother Some People [A Series of Unfortunate Events Activity Book] (Paperback)
2004 - Behind the Scenes with Count Olaf [A Series of Unfortunate Events] (Paperback)
2004 - The Pessimistic Posters [A Series of Unfortunate Events] (Paperback)
2004 - Lemony Snicket Gift Pack [Series of Unfortunate Events, Bks 7-9 - Audio Cassette - Unabridged] (Audio Cassette)
2004 - The Grim Grotto [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 11 - Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)Audio CD
2004 - El Ventanal / the Wide Window [Una Serie De Catastroficas Desdichas - Spanish Edition] (Other)
2004 - The Cumbersome Collection [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bks 1-11] (Hardcover)
2004 - Un Mal Principio [Una Serie de Catastroficas Desdichas, Bk 1 - The Bad Beginning - Spanish] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2004 - La Habitacion De Los Reptiles [Una Serie de Catastroficas Desdichas, Bk 2 - The Reptile Room - Spanish] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2004 - Una Academia Muy Austera [Una Serie de Catastroficas Desdichas, Bk 5 - The Austere Academy - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2004 - El Ventanal [Una Serie de Catastroficas Desdichas, Bk 3 - The Wide Window - Spanish] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2004 - El Aserradero Lugubre [Una Serie de Catastroficas Desdichas, Bk 4 - The Miserable Mill - Spanish] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2004 - El Ascensor Artificioso [Una Serie de Catastroficas Desdichas, Bk 6 - The Ersatz Elevator - Spanish] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2004 - El Ascensor Artificioso the Ersatz Elevator [Una Serie De Catastroficas Desdichas, Bk 6 - Spanish] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2004 - Habitacion De Los Reptilos [the Reptile Room] (Other)
2004 - Aserradero Lugubre [the Miserable Mill] (Other)
2004 - Academy Muy Austera [the Austere Academy] (Other)
2004 - Ascensor Ingenioso [the Ersatz Elevator] (Other)
2004 - Ventanal (Other)
2004 - 2005 Calendar of Unfortunate Events Thirteen Alarming Months [A Series of Unfortunate Events] (Other)
2004 - The Slippery Slope [Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 10] (Hardcover)
2004 - La Habitacion De Los Reptiles the Reptile Room [Una Serie de Catastroficas Desdichas, Bk 2 - Spanish] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2004 - The Blank Book [A Series of Unfortunate Events Journal] (Hardcover)Hardcover
2003 - A Library of Unfortunate Events [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bks 1-10] (Hardcover)
2003 - The Dilemma Deepens [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bks 7-9] (Hardcover)
2003 - The Bad Beginning Collectors' Edition [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Hardcover)
2003 - The Carnivorous Carnival [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 9 - Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
2003 - The Slippery Slope [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 10 - Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
2003 - The Wide Window [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 3 - Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
2003 - Ouragan Sue La Lac [Series Of Unfortunate Events French] (Paperback)
2003 - The Carnivorous Carnival [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 9] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2003 - The Slippery Slope [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 10] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2003 - The Slippery Slope [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 10] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2002 - The Situation Worsens [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bks 4-6] (Hardcover)
2002 - The Dilemna Deepens [A Set of Unfortunate Events, Bks 7-9] (Hardcover)
2002 - The Trouble Begins [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bks 1-4] (Hardcover)
2002 - Der Schlimme Anfang / the Bad Beginning [Series Of Unfortunate Events German] (Hardcover)
2002 - Das Reptilensaal [Series Of Unfortunate Events German] (Hardcover)
2002 - Der Finstere Fahrstuhl [Series Of Unfortunate Events German] (Paperback)
2002 - Das Dorf Der Schwarzen [Series Of Unfortunate Events German] (Paperback)
2002 - Les Desastreuses Aventures Des Orphelins De Baudelaire Tome 4 Cauchemar a La Scierie [French edition of A Series of Unfortunate Events : Volume 4 : The Miserable Mill] (Paperback)
2002 - Ascenseur Pour La Peur Les Desastreuses Aventures Des Orphelins Baudelaire Volume 6 [French edition of The Ersatz Elevator : A Series of Unfortunate Events - Volume 6] (Paperback)
2002 - Les Desatreuses Aventures Des Orphelins Baudelaire Tome 2 Le Laboratoire Aux Serpents [French edition of A Series of Unfortunate Events : Volume 2 : The Reptile Room] (Paperback)
2002 - The Carnivorous Carnival Book the Ninth [A Series of Unfortunate Events] (Hardcover)
2002 - Quartro De Los Reptiles [Una Serie De Catastroficas Desdichas, Bk 2 - The Reptile Room - Spanish] (Hardcover)
2002 - The Ersatz Elevator [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 6] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2002 - The VIle VIllage [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 7] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2001 - The VIle VIllage [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 7] (Hardcover)Paperback
2001 - The Reptile Room [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 2 - Audio Cassette - Unabridged] (Audio Cassette)
2001 - The Miserable Mill [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 4] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2001 - The Hostile Hospital [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 8] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2000 - The Wide Window [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 3] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2000 - The Austere Academy [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 5] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2000 - The Austere Academy [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 5] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
1999 - The Reptile Room [A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 2] (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
El Aserradero Lugubre the Miserable Mill Spanish [Una serie de catastroficas desdichas] (Paperback)
A Series of Unfortunate Events Pack [Books 1-4 - Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-4] (Paperback)
The Bad Beginning [Series of Unfortunate Events Listening Library] (Audio CD)
The Reptile Room [Series of Unfortunate Events Listening Library] (Audio CD)
Bad Beginning [Series of Unfortunate Events] (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
Mal Principio [Series Of Unfortunate Events - Spanish Edition] (Other)
Der Schillernde Schlangensaal [The Reptile Room - Series of Unfortunate Events, Bk 2 - German Edition] (Paperback)