text: Lemony Snicket is the legal pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler ( born February 28 , 1970 ) . Snicket is the author of several children 's books , serving as the narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events ( his best-known work ) and appearing as a character within the series .
simplified: Lemony Snicket is the pen name of the author who wrote the A Series of Unfortunate Events books .