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Daniel Handler is an American writer, screenwriter, novelist, and musician born on February 28, 1970, in San Francisco. He resides in San Francisco and is educated at Wesleyan University. Handler writes in English and is known for works such as *A Series of Unfortunate Events*, *The Basic Eight*, *The Hostile Hospital*, *The Carnivorous Carnival*, *Why We Broke Up*, and *Adverbs*. He also uses the pseudonym Lemony Snicket.
His writing is influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dino Buzzati, Franz Kafka, and C. S. Lewis, and often falls within the fairy tale genre. Handler began his work period in 1998 and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. As a musician, he plays the accordion. He identifies as an atheist.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 28 February 1970
- Works
- 232
Top works
- The Hostile Hospital
- The Carnivorous Carnival
- The Basic Eight
- Why we broke up
- Adverbs
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
San Francisco, California, United States
Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970) is an American writer and musician. He is best known for his children's series A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions, published under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket. The former was adapted into a Nickelodeon film in 2004, and a Netflix series from 2017 onwards. Handler has also published adult novels and a stage play under his real name,…
Known for
- A Series of Unfortunate Events — Fish Head Salesperson2017
- Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields — Self2011
- D Tour — Self2009
- Apparition of the Eternal Church — Self2006
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events — Photographer2004
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 106
- Total plays
- 1,290
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1970-02-28 ) February 28, 1970 (age 56) , San Francisco, California , U.S.
- Pen name
- Lemony Snicket
- Occupation
- Author musician screenwriter television writer television producer
- Period
- 1998–present
- Genre
- Children's literature
- Notable works
- A Series of Unfortunate Events , All the Wrong Questions , The Basic Eight , Watch Your Mouth , Adverbs
- Spouse
- Lisa Brown
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
The Website of Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler is an author of books and other curiosities.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Daniel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Genre
- fairy tale
- Instrument
- accordion
- Official website
- www.danielhandler.com
- Image
- Daniel Handler calling Lemony Snicket 2006-10-28.jpg
- Residence
- San Francisco
- Said to be same as
- Lemony Snicket
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- Commons category
- Daniel Handler
- date of birth
- 1970-02-28
- topic's main category
- Category:Daniel Handler
- influenced by
- Vladimir Nabokov
- nominated for
- Carnegie Medal
- pseudonym
- Lemony Snicket
- different from
- Lemony Snicket
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- floruit
- 2020-01-01
- social media followers
- 19929
- writing language
- English language
Sources (8)
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