Lemony Snicket a écrit plusieurs livres, dont les romans de la série Les désastreuses aventures des orphelins Beaudelaire, All the Wrong Questions et Le noir, illustré par Jon Klassen. Il est souvent de mauvaise humeur.

Lemony Snicket was born before you were, and is likely to die before you as well. His family has roots in a part of the country which is now under water, and his childhood was spent in the relative splendor of the Snicket Villa, which has since become a factory, a fortress and a pharmacy and is now, alas, someone else's villa. His true birthplace and details about his family remain a mystery.