Snicket to write new book series Aug 26, 2009
Snicket - real name Daniel Handler - is famous for his popular, but sinister, A Series Of Unfortunate Events books. More than 60 million copies of his stories have been sold worldwide. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
IN MY LIBRARY: AYELET WALDMAN May 10, 2009
"I used to phone my friend Daniel Handler" -- author of the Lemony Snicket books -- "and I'd be on some tear and he'd say, 'Would you please stop bitching and write a book?' And I'd say, 'Yeah, I'll write a book, dude.' ". And so she did. (New York Post -- Opinions)
'Bad Mother’ makes her case - Ayelet Waldman explores transition from legal career to writing about parenthood May 9, 2009
One day she was venting to her friend Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, when he said, Why don t you just shut up and write a book. The book takes off from what Waldman calls the Bad Mother perp walk she let herself in for with her I love my husband more heresy. (Missoulian, MT)
Bad Mother's Day May 9, 2009
She was venting to her friend Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, when he said, "Why don't you just shut up and write a book?" The book explores the intense cultural anxiety on the subject of motherhood as well as Waldman's personal history, touching on topics ranging from ridiculous homework assignments to the way motherhood first turned Waldman into a writer, then changed the nature of what she wrote. It was always to be called Bad Mother, but Handler helpfully suggested a subtitle: Remember... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Pig Hunt': Indie horror in California woods Apr 11, 2009
Daniel Handler, author, "Lemony Snicket" series: "The way I feel about 'Pig Hunt' is the way I feel about bacon: Most people would say it's not good for you. It's created under suspicious circumstances. You can call it fancy names (prosciutto, "Deliverance") but you're not fooling anybody. Whole swaths of the culture find it offensive. It's a little greasy. But it's delicious, satisfying, and I want another helping.". Graham Leggat, executive director, San Francisco Film Society: "It has... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Question: Notables On Their Diversions Apr 2, 2009
Featured notables include: New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, singer Rafael Saadiq, author Daniel Handler, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, NAACP President/CEO Benjamin Jealous, former President Bill Clinton and Intel CEO Paul Otellini. Comments. (NPR)
'The Composer is Dead' introduces kids to classical Mar 22, 2009
With a characteristically morbid text by San Francisco author Lemony Snicket (otherwise known as Daniel Handler) and a blithe, vivacious orchestral score by Nathaniel Stookey, this 30-minute entertainment uses a murder mystery as a pretext for a guided tour through the sections of the orchestra. Trying to find the composer's murderer, the unnamed Inspector searches the ranks of the players for suspects or clues, while Stookey's score offers characteristic bits from each of the instruments and... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Snicket is back with a kids' mystery, CD Mar 2, 2009
Author Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, left, wrote the words and composer Nathaniel Stookey did the score for their children's musical mystery, The Composer Is Dead, which they will perform at Carnegie Hall on Saturday ... By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY Long before Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) became a best-selling children's author, he was a soprano with the San Francisco Boys Chorus "until puberty ended that career.". (USA Today -- Life)
