Daniel Handler

Quick Facts

Full Name	Daniel Handler
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Feb 28, 1970(1970-02-28)
Age	54
Birthplace	San Francisco
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Daniel Handler Biography

Daniel Handler is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on February 28, 1970 in San Francisco, California, United States. Screenwriter and author who is most well-known for his work in the field of literature under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket. He released the book Why We Break up under his own name in the year 2011.

Star actor Actor Jim Carrey played the role of Count Olaf in the film adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events. played the character of the character of Count Olaf in the adaptation film of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Handler was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Sandra Handler (née Walpole) a retired City College of San Francisco Dean, and Louis Handler, an accountant. His father was a Jewish refugee from Germany, and he is distantly related to British writer Hugh Walpole through his mother. He has a younger sister, Rebecca Handler. Handler has been a voracious reader since childhood, and his favorite author was William Maxwell He attended Commodore Sloat Elementary, Herbert Hoover Middle School, and Lowell High School. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1992. He was awarded the 1992 Connecticut Student Poet Prize, which he claims was earned by ripping off Elizabeth Bishop. He is an alumnus of the San Francisco Boys Chorus.

Handler wrote the bestselling series of 13 novels A Series of Unfortunate Events under the Snicket pseudonym from 1999 to 2006. The books concern three orphaned children who experience increasingly terrible events following the death of their parents and burning of their home (done by a man named Count Olaf and his troupe of associates), and Snicket acts as the narrator and biographer of the fictional orphans. He has also narrated the audiobooks for three consecutive books in the series, before handing back the narrating job to the original narrator, Tim Curry.

He got married to Lisa Brown, whom he had a relationship with in college. the couple have one son called Otto.

Daniel Handler Net Worth

Daniel Handler is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Daniel Handler 's net worth $3 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The year 1992 was the time he received his degree from the prestigious Wesleyan University.

The author began his most acclaimed story, A Series of Unfortunate Events in 1999.

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 as well as a Netflix series from 2017 to 2019.

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Who is Daniel Handler Dating?

According to our records, Daniel Handler married to Lisa Brown. As of December 1, 2023, Daniel Handler’s is not dating anyone.

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In the June 10, 2007 edition of The New York Times Magazine, Handler revealed ambivalence toward his wealth and the expectations that it creates. He stated that he is often asked for money for charitable causes and often gives. Handler and his wife have donated $1,000,000 to Planned Parenthood, and he has supported the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Facts & Trivia

Daniel Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Daniel Handler celebrates birthday on February 28 of every year.

From 2012 to 2015, Handler published the four-part series All the Wrong Questions under the name Lemony Snicket; the books explore Snicket’s childhood and V.F.D. apprenticeship in the failing town Stain’d-by-the-Sea. He has also written other children’s novels under the Snicket name, including companion books to his two Snicket series, and children’s books such as The Composer is Dead and The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming.

How did Daniel Handler come up with the name Lemony Snicket?

The name Lemony Snicket originally came from research from Handler’s first book The Basic Eight. Handler wanted to receive material from organizations that he found “offensive or funny” but did not want to use his real name, so he invented “Lemony Snicket” as a pseudonym.

Why did Daniel Handler write A Series of Unfortunate Events?

Handler was inspired to write the series after watching news stories on TV about the lives of unfortunate children around the world.

What other name does Daniel Handler use?

Daniel Handler, pen name Lemony Snicket , (born February 28, 1970, San Francisco, California, U.S.), American author best known for his A Series of Unfortunate Events, a 13-book collection of unhappy morality tales for older children that was published between 1999 and 2006.

Who actually wrote Lemony Snicket?

Daniel Handler

Is Lemony Snicket Violet's father?

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