A Series of Unfortunate Events - Daniel Handler {Author of ASOUE} #1 - The man behind the pseudonym...

Awesome Nerds · 01-15-2017, 05:25 PM

Daniel Handler
The man behind Lemony Snicket
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DANIEL HANDLER is the author of six novels.
As Lemony Snicket, he is responsible for numerous books for children.
His books have sold more than 70 million copies and have been
translated into 40 languages, and have been adapted for screen and stage.
He lives in San Francisco with the illustrator Lisa Brown, to whom he is
married and with whom he has collaborated on several books, and one son.
He could be coming to your town.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
As Daniel Handler

♦ The Basic Eight (1995)
Flannery "Flan" Culp is a senior at Roewer High School in San Francisco. Over the course of the year, Flan records the events of her life in a diary - which, after some heavy editing by Flannery herself, some years after the fact, becomes the narrative. She and her seven close friends refer to themselves as "The Basic Eight". They are an exclusive clique, hosting the Grand Opera Breakfast Club, and regular dinner and garden parties, as they cope with the stresses of their final year of high school. The plot begins in letters written by Flannery to her love interest, Adam, while on summer vacation, and reaches a dark conclusion in which lives of the members of the Basic Eight are turned upside down by revealed secrets, horrifying self-discoveries, and murder.

♦ Watch Your Mouth (2000)
The first part of the novel is laid out as an opera, with act and scene numbers as chapter titles and each of the characters being assigned a singing voice. Joseph quickly begins to suspect that Cynthia's entire family is engaging in incestuous behaviour, and that her mother Mimi is building a golem in the basement. The first part of the novel ends (operatically) in death. The second part is presented somewhat more conventionally, as Joseph attempts to recover from the events of the first part; this half of the book follows the form of a 12-step program. The first section of the novel is printed in black ink, while the 12-step program is printed in dark red.

♦ How to Dress for Every Occasion, by the Pope (2005)
Want to dress like the Pope? Well, why not? After all, the Pope is one of the most important people in the world, and gets invited to state dinners and stuff like that, and lives in an ornate place called the Vatican. You, meanwhile, are often dressed like a slob, and spend your days serving coleslaw. (Note: the last part of the preceding sentence applies only to coleslaw servers.) At long last, the Pope presents a book teaching you how to dress for every occasion, called How To Dress For Every Occasion. Get ready, get set, get into snappy dressing!

♦ Adverbs (2006)
Adverbs is billed as a novel, but is commonly described by critics and journalists as a collection of short stories. Certainly it breaks some of the traditional conventions of the novel genre. The narrative is driven by half-truths and intentionally misleading statements. The point of view shifts from story to story, characters reappear in unlikely settings, multiple characters have the same name, and Handler himself frequently makes an appearance, not in the role of the narrator, but apparently as the author himself.

While the narratives interlock, they are not sequential; and not all characters who share the same name are in fact the same character - even though they may also share certain similar aspects of personality or physical features. The narrator admits as much: "At the end of the novel, it's Joe who's in the taxi, falling in love with Andrea, although it might not be Andrea, or in any case it might not be the same Andrea, as Andrea is a very common name." Handler re-uses several names for major characters from earlier works, primarily Watch Your Mouth, including Joe, Steven, and Allison. However, none of the re-used names appear to be the same characters from Handler's earlier work.

♦ Why We Broke Up (2011)
Min Green and Ed Slaterton, a high school junior and senior basketball jock, respectively, ended their relationship, which lasted from October 5 to November 12. The story takes the form of a letter, with Min writing to Ed explaining why they had broken up. The letter accompanies a box full of minor objects that narrates the progress of their relationship, and is returned to Ed at the end of the letter. The box includes two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a lobby ticket, a box of matches, a pinhole camera, a folded note, a rubber band, a high school pennant, a toy truck, a recipe book (Real Recipes from Tinseltown), Pensieri, a fictional liquor (and Italian for "thoughts"), a protractor, a file, a concert ticket, an egg cuber ("makes a square egg"), a polaroid, a comb from a motel room, a pair of ugly earrings, and several other items collected over the course of their relationship. Item after item is illustrated, accounted for, and placed in the box to be dumped—like an ex-girlfriend—on his front porch.

♦ We Are Pirates (2014)
A boat has gone missing. Goods have been stolen. There is blood in the water. It is the 21st century, and a crew of pirates is terrorizing the San Francisco Bay. Phil is a husband, a father, a struggling radio producer, and the owner of a large condo with a view of the water. But he'd like to be a rebel and a fortune hunter. Gwen is his daughter. She's fourteen. She's a student, a swimmer, and a best friend. But she'd like to be an adventurer and an outlaw. Phil teams up with his young, attractive assistant. They head for the open road, attending a conference to seal a deal for a new show. Meanwhile, Gwen teams up with a new, fierce friend and some restless souls. They head for the open sea, stealing a boat to hunt for treasure.

As Lemony Snicket
Check out the ASOUE Book Thread

Daniel Handler’s cameo in episode 1.05 of Netflix’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’

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Daniel Handler official website
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket Library
Official news and announcements, posted by publicist (Facebook)
Official news and announcements posted by PR. Very rare personal tweets signed by DH (Twitter)

sourburst · 01-16-2017, 05:24 AM

Please ad me if you make a list

Awesome Nerds · 01-16-2017, 06:58 AM

Will do when I get it going!

sourburst · 01-16-2017, 06:59 AM

Thank you

***One Thing Remains*** · 01-16-2017, 07:48 PM

thanks for starting a thread for him

Add me please

**Always & Forever** · 01-16-2017, 07:49 PM

Great idea for a thread!

I don't think I ever knew the real name of "Lemony Snicket".

Awesome Nerds · 01-16-2017, 09:12 PM

I'm just glad I remembered it from stuff

**Always & Forever** · 01-17-2017, 02:02 PM

^Good for you!

22 Umbrellas · 01-17-2017, 02:12 PM

Thanks for starting this! I am one of his biggest fans.

I've actually read all of his books, under both names. There might be a couple picture books I haven't read; I don't like those as much. I've also met him a couple times. He's absolutely hilarious. If you ever have a chance to go to a reading or talk of his, definitely try to make it. You won't regret it.

He also has a new book for young adults coming out this year. So excited!

sourburst · 01-17-2017, 02:14 PM

What's the book called?

Awesome Nerds · 01-17-2017, 04:31 PM

Oooh that sounds awesome!

After I finish ASOUE I will definitely have to check other things out... Although I also need to read my own unread books

**Summer Falls** · 01-20-2017, 02:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 22 Umbrellas (View Post)

Thanks for starting this! I am one of his biggest fans.

I've actually read all of his books, under both names. There might be a couple picture books I haven't read; I don't like those as much. I've also met him a couple times. He's absolutely hilarious. If you ever have a chance to go to a reading or talk of his, definitely try to make it. You won't regret it.

He also has a new book for young adults coming out this year. So excited!

What other books hShe written?

Awesome Nerds · 01-20-2017, 07:39 AM

Books published as Daniel Handler
Handler, Daniel. The Basic Eight. New York: Thomas Dunne 1995.
Watch Your Mouth St. Martin's Press/HarperCollins (2000)
How to Dress for Every Occasion, by the Pope (with illustrations by Sarah "Pinkie" Bennett, pseudonym for Lisa Brown) McSweeney's (2005)
Adverbs St. Martin's Press/HarperCollins (2006)
Why We Broke Up (2011)
We Are Pirates (2014)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemony...t_bibliography

22 Umbrellas · 01-20-2017, 02:22 PM

^ Yep. Of those I recommend The Basic Eight and Why We Broke Up. There's also a bunch more books for young people under the Lemony Snicket pseudonym.

Here's an interview EW did with him on the new book earlier this month:

Daniel Handler's 'All the Dirty Parts': Lemony Snicket author gets dirty

And here's a screenshot of his cameo in 1x05 for those who missed it or don't know what he looks like:

Awesome Nerds · 01-20-2017, 03:16 PM

Yeah I saw he did a cameo when I was looking through some stuff the other day


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