Writers lead messy lives, constantly condemned to days of lousy first drafts, failed ideas and chronic misstatements. Daniel Handler feels this deeply throughout his kinda-sorta memoir, “And Then? And ...

Author Daniel Handler plays the accordion as he meets with his readers during a 2006 book signing in New York City. Handler is preparing for a March release of “The Composer Is Dead,” a CD-and-book ...

The "Series of Unfortunate Events" author, who is also known as Lemony Snicket, reveals mental illness and his path to art in his new book, out now Meredith Heuer; Liveright Publishing Daniel Handler ...

Back in 1999, a writer named Daniel Handler decided that kids books were too cheerful. So he adopted the pen name Lemony Snicket, and authored "A Series of Unfortunate Events" — now also a series on ...

This has nothing to do with how he comes across in person. He’s an affable chap of 54, tall, heavy-set and sardonic, with a boyish flop of white hair, and a nasal Californian accent which lends an ...

In his brilliant new memoir, the beloved “Series of Unfortunate Events” author opens up about childhood trauma, the LGBTQ+ themes in his books, and more. Freelance Writer After more than 25 years of ...

If you were a child, young adult or parent in the early ’00s, you were probably aware of the lushly bound, gleefully grim book series written by the improbably named Lemony Snicket, “A Series of ...

“Let me put it this way: this is how much I think about sex,” explains Cole, the 17-year-old sort-of hero of Daniel Handler’s new adult novel, “All the Dirty Parts.” “Draw a number line, with zero is, ...

A Snicket ticket could have been a people pleaser, but Daniel Handler never considered running for governor. "I don't have time," Handler said on a recent drear and foggy afternoon at a sidewalk cafe ...

The new series trades Gothic world for noir You won't find a bigger fan of the cocktail hour He doesn't tweet, and he isn't worried about the future of books SAN FRANCISCO — The old house squats high ...

• Netflix's new show "A Series of Unfortunate Events" is based on a book series by Lemony Snicket — a pseudonym for author Daniel Handler. • Handler has a cameo role as a fish seller in the Netflix ...