Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography

Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography was first released on May 1, 2002. The book's content relates to the author Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler . Snicket is the author of several children's books, serving as the narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events and appearing as a character within the series. Because of this, the name Lemony Snicket may refer to both a fictional...

(a.k.a. Daniel Handler

Daniel Handler

Daniel Handler is an American author, screenwriter and accordionist. He is best known for his work under the pen name Lemony Snicket.-Personal life:...

, who wrote the book's introduction as himself) and his series of books, A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of children's novels by Lemony Snicket which follows the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire after their parents' death in an arsonous house fire...

. Although it is labeled "Unauthorized" for humor, the book is in fact official and considered a Beginning with a multi-layered introduction

Introduction (essay)

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by Frank Sigala that apparently encompasses twelve of the book's thirteen chapters, the book is largely made up of facsimile

Facsimile

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documents, such as old newspaper excerpts and letters.