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Birthdate
Handler was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Sandra Handler Day (née Walpole), an opera singer and retired City College of San Francisco Dean, and Lou Handler, an accountant.[1] His father was a Jewish refugee from Germany, and his mother is distantly related to British writer Hugh Walpole.[2][3] He has a younger sister, Rebecca Handler. He attended Commodore Sloat Elementary, Herbert Hoover Middle School and Lowell High School. Handler graduated from Wesleyan University in 1992. -
Childhood
As a young child, Daniel was acutely aware of the fact that terrible things sometimes happen to children. His father fled Germany in childhood, and Daniel grew up knowing about the frightening events of the Holocaust at a very tender age. No doubt that influenced his world view and his later writing.
He has been quoted as saying "I was the sort of kid that was funny enough that I wouldn't get beat up." Handler's favorite book as a child was 'The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily' by Italian au -
Education
He attended Commodore Sloat Elementary, Herbert Hoover Middle School and Lowell High School. Handler graduated from Wesleyan University in 1992. -
Books
A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of children's novels (or novellas) by Lemony Snicket (the nom de plume of American author Daniel Handler) which follows the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire after their parents' death in an arsonous house fire. The children are placed in the custody of their distant cousin Count Olaf, who begins to abuse them and openly plots to embezzle their inheritance. After the Baudelaires are removed from his care by their parents' estate exe -
Awards
Yes, the series in fact has won several awards. The Bad Beginning, the first book in the series won many literary awards, such as the Colorado Children's Book Award, the Nevada Young Readers Award, and the Nene Award. It was also a finalist for the Book Sense Book of the year. Many of the following books have received similar awards, and nominations, including nominations for the Children's Choice Awards, the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, and a 2006 Quill Book Award. Read more: http://wiki. -
Family
Jacques Snicket Jacques Snicket as portrayed in The Unauthorized Autobiography
Jacques Snicket, along with his siblings, is a member of V.F.D.. A tattoo of an eye is on his ankle, and because of this, and his one eyebrow, he was mistaken for Count Olaf in The Vile Village. He has two younger siblings, Lemony Snicket and Kit Snicket.[10][11] He was murdered in jail as he was about to be burned at the stake by Count Olaf (disguised as Detective Dupin), who intended to frame Violet, Klaus, and Su -
Movies
Lemony Snicket (Jude Law) hides in a clocktower while writing his documentation about the three wealthy Baudelaire children: Violet (Emily Browning), Klaus (Liam Aiken), and Sunny (Kara and Shelby Hoffman). One morning, Mr. Poe, the family banker, informs the children that their parents have just been killed in a fire that also destroyed their mansion. Mr. Poe then sends the children to live with Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), an actor who is their closest relative in terms local distance. After arriv -
New Home
Like the Baudelaires, Snicket came from a family of three children. His brother Jacques Snicket and sister Kit Snicket were also V.F.D. members and friends of the Baudelaire parents. Both Jacques and Kit appear as supporting characters in the Series of Unfortunate Events books. He also knew Count Olaf in his early life, as the two attended school together. In his youth, Lemony Snicket attended a V.F.D.-run boarding school with several other characters from the series. He received later tuition -
Jobs other than Writing
Daniel Handler, still under the name of Lemony Snicket, is to write a new series of four books that are presently untitled, to be released in 2012. Daniel Handler has also written or contributed to other works under the Lemony Snicket persona that are not related to A Series of Unfortunate Events. He has stated "there's a chance some other matters may take up Mr. Snicket's attention, that he may research and publish, but I'm always wary of making such promises".[5]
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