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A great author was born...
Daniel Handler, better known by his pen name Lemony Snicket was born in San Francisco, California. Though he goes by Daniel Handler in real life, Lemony Snicker is his nickname. He is the son of Lou Handler, an accountant and former Jewish refugee from Germany, and Sandra Handler, an opera singer and retired dean of City College of San Francisco. -
Starting to sing Opera
Daniel began attending operas with his mother in the early 1980s because his mother was an opera singer. He began singing in a couple productions with the San Francisco Boys Chorus. -
What school did he go to?
Being an extremely smart and intelligent student helped him get into the prestigious Lowell High School, where he graduated. -
His university
Daniel Handler double majored in English and American Studies at Wesleyan University. There he also graduated. -
Academy of American Poets Prize
On May 17, 1992 Daniel Handler won the award of "The Academy of American Poets Prize". -
Wesleyan University's Olin Fellowship Award
During the years of 1992-1993 Daniel won the award at Wesleyan University. It was the Wesleyan University's Olin Fellowship Award that he had won. -
First Book Published!
On April 10, 1998, Handler published his first book in "The Series of Unfortunate Events" which is "The Bad Beginning." -
1 Out of Three of his novels...
Under his original name, three of Handler's novels were published. "The Basic Eight" was rejected 37 times before it was finally published in 1998. This inspired another work, "The Series of Unfortunate Events." -
Watch Your Mouth! (2 Out of 3 novels...)
Watch Your Mouth was finished before "The Basic Eight" was published. After "The Basic Eight," it was one of his second novels to be published. "Watch Your Mouth" had just been finished but had not yet been published, so it became the second novel. -
Screenplays
In 2003 Handler screenplays were produced such as the films "Rick", "Kill The Poor" in 2006, and "A Series of Unfortunate Events" in 2004. -
His child was born
It is not said what day and month Handler's child was born but it is said that he was born the year 2003. Their parents named him Otto, Otto Handler. -
The full 11 book series.
During the year 2005, Daniel Handler had a total of 11 books of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" published. -
Quill Award for The Penultimate Peril.
He also won an award for "The Penultimate Peril", a Series of Unfortunate Events Book under his pen name of Lemony Snicket. The book won the award of the Quill Award for The Penultimate Peril. -
13th Final Installment of the Series.
The Lemony Snicket books have been international best-sellers, and the 13th and final installment of the series came out. On the day the thirteenth book came out, Handler appeared on the "Today" show as Lemony Snicket's representative. -
3 Completed Novels
With "Adverbs" being his third and last novel published this officially completed his set of 3 novels, "The Basic Eight", "Watch Your Mouth", and "Adverbs" . -
"Why We Broke Up?"
In December the year of 2011 Mr. Handler wrote his third and last novel of "Why We Broke Up" and it got published. There is also a website of it where you can submit your own heartbreaking stories and read other people's heart breaking stories as well