Daniel Handler

Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970^[1]) is the real name of Lemony Snicket, author of the popular A Series of Unfortunate Events books.^[2] He graduated from Lowell High School and from Wesleyan University^[2] in 1992. He is a native of San Francisco^[1] and went to the San Francisco Boys Chorus. He calls himself the fake name of Lemony Snicket in the books, as well as in Lemony's autobiography. The autobiography is listed as fiction. After several years of writing the books, Daniel let the public know that he was behind the name of Lemony Snicket.

Daniel Handler

He is married to Lisa Brown and had their first child, Otto, in October 2003. He finished 13 books to complete the Series of Unfortunate Events.

It is also believed by some people that his wife, author and illustrator Lisa Brown could possibly be the "Beatrice" that Handler writes his books for.

References

1. "Daniel J Handler, Born 02/28/1970 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
2. "Daniel Handler". The Steven Barclay Agency. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.