Who is Lemony Snicket, what’s the author of A Series of Unfortunate Events’ real name and what other books has he written?
AS Netflix launches the third and final season of A Series of Unfortunate Events, we take a look at the man who created the sinister stories.
Here's everything we know about the children's book author...
Who is Lemony Snicket?
Lemony Snicket, 48, is an American author from San Francisco.
He's best known for writing A Series of Unfortunate Events.
The Bad Beginning was published in 1999 and the story concluded with The End, which was released in 2006.
Not only is Snicket the narrator and a fictitious investigator in the thirteen-part series, he is also a vital character to the plot.
The author is renowned for his unique, self-aware narrative style - Snicket includes vocabulary definitions and references to other literary figures.
Examining the case of the Baudelaire orphans and their parents' untimely death, A Series of Unfortunate Events is full of intrigue and mystery, making it one of the most popular children's book series of all-time.
What's Lemony Snicket's real name?
Fans will no doubt be saddened to hear that Lemony Snicket is not the author's real name.
It is, in fact, a pseudonym for writer Daniel Handler.
As well as adopting the pen name for the novel series, Handler also released an autobiography for Lemony Snicket.
What other books has the A Series of Unfortunate Events author written?
Daniel Handler has written a variety of children's books, including a second series, All the Wrong Questions.
Other titles written by Handler are The Basic Eight, Why We Broke Up and We Are Pirates.
He has also written books which are linked to the Series Of Unfortunate Events series.
For example The Beatrice Letters contains correspondence between Beatrice Baudelaire and Lemony Snicket (the character).
Horseradish is a book of wisdom and wit which is also partly drawn from A Series Of Unfortunate Events.
What is the release date for A Series of Unfortunate Events season 3?
The third and final season of the show is now available to stream on Netflix.
With a new cast member and lots of exciting plot twists, this season is anticipated to be a hit!