What kind of person would research the tragic tales of the Baudelaire children? How does one get barred from coming near a town? And why does he still carry the photograph of Beatrice after all these years? Questions like these just might get answered as the story continues.

A nearby town has 'a law that bars from coming within five miles of its borders' (13.38).

Lemony Snicket is also a character who acts as a narrator in the novels he appears in. Since the release of the first title in the series in 1999, more than 60 million copies of the thirteen volume series have been sold. His room contains 'a dusty accordion on which I can play a few sad songs, a large bundle of notes on the activities of the Baudelaire orphans, and a blurry photograph, taken a very long time ago, of a woman whose name is Beatrice' (11.4). Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American author Daniel Handler. Daniel Handler, writing under the pen name Lemony Snicket, is the New York Times award winning author of the immensely popular young readers’ series, A Series of Unfortunate Events.He was in love with a woman named Beatrice who died tragically. After the three young Baudelaire siblings are left orphaned by a fire in their mansion, they are carted off to live with their distant relative, Count Olaf.However, he really wishes you wouldn't read about it. He's devoted his life to researching what happened to the Baudelaire orphans. Lemony Snicket is the author of the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events several picture books, including The Dark and The Bad Mood and the.We get a few small details about him in this book, but-spoiler alert-his role increases as the series goes on:

Snicket isn't just our narrator, he's also a part of the Baudelaires' story.