Lemony Snicket, pseudonym of Daniel Handler (San Francisco, February 28, 1970) is an American author and screenwriter. He is the writer of the series A Series of Unfortunate Events (series of unfortunate events).
Snicket is a paranoid writer who explains in detail all the difficult words in his books. His way of writing is humorous: as he once started is about a "boring" topic to write he goes there quite long on by.
Series of unfortunate events is about 3 children (Violet, Klaus and little Baudelaire) who lose their parents after a fire. They are placed with Count Olaf, who is only on their fortune. If he loses, he continues to haunt the children custody, in different disguises. The children come to know about a secret organization: Aalsmeer flower auction and investigate the mystery.
Books[Edit][]
The series consists of 13 books:
- The Very Beginning (Scary. The Bad Beginning)
- The Snakes Conservatory (Scary. The Reptile Room)
- The Disastrous Window (Scary. The Wide Window)
- The Infernal Sawmill (Scary. The Miserable Mill)
- The Krabbige Boarding school (Scary. The Austere Academy)
- The Empty Elevator (Scary. The Ersatz Elevator)
- The Vile Village (Scary. The Vile Village)
- The Hostile Hospital (Scary. The Hostile Hospital)
- The Cold Fun Fair (Scary. The Carnivorous Carnival)
- The Stark Mountains (Scary. The Slippery Slope)
- The Horror Cave (Scary. The Grim Grotto)
Not yet published in the Dutch:
- The Penultimate Peril
- The End
Pakse has indicated that the publishing house the last two parts for economic reason not translated will be.
The book also has The Unauthorized Autobiography, Lemony Snicket in which is more about the writer, and other things that have to do with the books.
In all his books can be found on the first page that the book is written for Beatrice. He involves this woman much in his books. To the twelfth book there is still a big mystery behind Beatrice. Recently in America a book from that The Beatrice letters is called. It says more about the thirteenth book (The End) and more information about this Beatrice.