Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events character


Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket and Snicket's signature from the books
First appearanceThe Bad Beginning
Created byDaniel Handler
Portrayed byPatrick Warburton (TV series)
Voiced byTim Curry (video game, audiobook narrator)
Jude Law (film)
Daniel Handler (photography, audiobook narrator)
In-universe information
Occupation
FamilyJacques Snicket (brother)
Kit Snicket (sister)
Beatrice Baudelaire II (niece)

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American author Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970).[1][2] Handler has published various children's books under the name,[3] including A Series of Unfortunate Events, which has sold over 60 million copies and spawned a 2004 film and Netflix TV series from 2017 to 2019 of the same name. Lemony Snicket also serves as the in-universe author who investigates and re-tells the story of the Baudelaire orphans in A Series of Unfortunate Events.[4]

Snicket is also the subject of a fictional autobiography titled Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography.[5] Further telling of Snicket's adventures can be found in the four-part children's series All the Wrong Questions, as well as a pamphlet titled 13 Shocking Secrets You'll Wish You Never Knew About Lemony Snicket (released in promotion of The End).[6] Other works by Snicket include The Baby in the Manger, The Composer Is Dead, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid, The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming, The Lump of Coal, and 13 Words.

In the 2004 film, Lemony Snicket is voiced by Jude Law while James Henderson plays him physically,[7] who documents the events of the film on a typewriter from inside a clock tower.[8] In the video game based on the film, his voice is provided by Tim Curry.[9] In the Netflix series, Snicket is interpreted as a mysterious and omniscient narrator chronicling the events of the Baudelaire children, and is portrayed by Patrick Warburton.[10]

  1. ^ Cruz, Lenika (October 23, 2014). "The Postmodern Brilliance of "A Series of Unfortunate Events"". The Atlantic. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Daniel Handler". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "'Who Could That Be at This Hour?': Lemony Snicket's new book discusses his childhood". The Christian Science Monitor. October 19, 2012. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Eloise, Marianne (October 3, 2019). "Wicked wonder: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events at 20". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  6. ^ Beckett, Sandra L. (November 24, 2010). Crossover Fiction: Global and Historical Perspectives. Routledge. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-135-86130-8.
  7. ^ "Patrick Warburton to Star as Lemony Snicket in Netflix Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  8. ^ "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (PG)". The Independent. December 19, 2004. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  9. ^ "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events". IGN. November 16, 2004. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  10. ^ "Fortunately, Netflix's 'Lemony Snicket' is a hoot". The Boston Globe. January 11, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2020.