- At book signings or public appearances, he usually apologizes for Lemony Snicket's absence and presents himself as Mr. Snicket's representative.
- His first book was rejected 37 times before it was published.
- He is the alter ego of Lemony Snicket and lives in San Francisco.
- Wrote the "Series of Unfortunate Events" books.
- Character names in the "Unfortunate Events" series often reference either historical figures or popular culture. For example, Uncle Monty collect snakes--a possible reference to Monty Python's Flying Circus. One such snake is the Virginia Wolfsnake--a reference to Virginia Woolf. Mr. Poe has two sons: Edgar and Albert, a reference to Edgar Allen Poe. The Baudelaires take their surname from French poet Charles Bodelaire. Sunny and Klaus share their names with Sunny and Claus von Bulow. They later take the aliases Beverly and Eliot, the names of twin gynecologists in the film Dead Ringers. Notably, Jeremy Irons plays both gynecologists, and Claus von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune.
- Performed accordion and some keyboards on the Magnetic Fields ambitious and critically lauded "69 Love Songs." Stephin Merritt, the singer/songwriter of that band also enlisted Daniel Handler's help on the Sixths' album "Hyacinths and Thistles" and in turn Merritt has written a theme song for the audio book version of every book in the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" series. Once the thirteenth and purportedly final book is released, these songs will be compiled on a CD and released under the moniker "The Gothic Archies."
- He and his wife are expecting the birth of their first child around Halloween, 2003.
- Attended Lowell High School in San Francisco.
- He has played the accordion with the Edith Head Trio, the 6ths, and Tzamboni.
- Wife Lisa Brown is an illustrator.
- 'The Basic Eight' was his first novel
- Graduated from Wesleyan University in 1992.
- Attended the Santa Rosa (CA) High School prom with a friend in the late 1980s.
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