Daniel Handler

A razor-sharp tale of two couples, two marriages, a bar, and a San Francisco start-up from a best-selling, award-winning novelist. This is a story about two marriages. Or is it? It begins with a wedding, held in the small San Francisco forest of Bottle Grove—bestowed by a wealthy patron for the public good, back when people did such things. Here...

One of our most dazzling literary conjurers. — Michael Chabon Dear Reader, If you are looking for a passionate romance, a slick political thriller, or, perhaps, a ripping yarn with volcanos, pirates, and ghosts; a book where everything ends neatly and makes perfect, unequivocal sense, then I’m afraid this is not the book you’re looking for. If you like stories...

A memoir from the beloved author behind the multimillion-copy bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events. Handler’s memoir, although subtle, ironic and full of dry wit, still pulses with that same childlike enthusiasm for books. Read it and you might just catch the bug. – The Sunday Times Known to most as Lemony Snicket, the tormented narrator of A Series of...

Can a photograph capture the sensation of a warm spring breeze or the smell of freshly fallen snow? Weather, Weather, the third volume in a series of creative collaborations between renowned artist and bestselling author Maira Kalman, New York Times bestselling author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket), and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, is an evocative exploration of...

A moving story about a relationship breakdown which is a topic not often touched on. Focus in this genre is usually on romance, love, desire and the start of something. This is an important story about the realities of things ending. It is realistic and mature and speaks directly to teenagers about real life experience. Why We Broke Up offers...

Girls Standing on Lawns is a unique collaboration between renowned artist and bestselling children's book author Maira Kalman and New York Times bestselling writer Daniel Handler, better known as Lemony Snicket. This clever book contains 40 vintage photographs from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, more than a dozen original paintings by Kalman inspired by the...