모자를 푹 눌러쓰고 있는 모습이나 뒷모습, 혹은 먼 풍경 속에 묻힌 어렴풋한 실루엣 등 어떤 사진에서도 절대로 얼굴을 드러내지 않는 얼굴 없는 괴짜 작가. 놓치기 쉬운 삶의 진실, 소소하고 자질구레한 사건들을 작품의 소재로 끌어들이는 날카롭고 재치 있는 글솜씨로 주목받고 있으며 소재 하나하나 자료 하나하나는 전문가를 능가할 만큼 사실적이라는 평가를 받고 있다. 『엔터테인먼트 위클리』지에서 ‘연예 오락 부문의 가장 창조적인 인물 100인’에 선정되었으며 ‘아이들이 좋아하는 최고의 악몽’이라는 별명이 붙었다.

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 underwater, 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.

To the untrained eye, Mr. Snicket's hometown would not appear to be filled with secrets. Untrained eyes have been wrong before. The aftermath of the scandal was swift, brutal and inaccurately reported in the periodicals of the day. It is true, however, that Mr. Snicket was stripped of several awards by the reigning authorities, including Honorable Mention, the Grey Ribbon and First Runner Up. The High Council reached a convenient if questionable verdict and Mr. Snicket found himself in exile.

Though his formal training was chiefly in rhetorical analysis, he has spent the last several eras researching the travails of the Baudelaire orphans. This project, being published serially by HarperCollins, takes him to the scenes of numerous crimes, often during the off-season. Eternally pursued and insatiably inquisitive, a hermit and a nomad, Mr. Snicket wishes you nothing but the best.