Daniel Handler was born in 1970 and raised in San Francisco, where he lives now. He attended Lowell High School and then graduated from Wesleyan University in 1992. His Mum, Sandra Handler Day, was an opera singer and Daniel himself also sang opera in the 80's with the San Francisco Boys Chorus. His Dad, Lou Handler, was a CPA. His parents actually met at the Opera. Handler says, "My mother was playing Aida, and she remains to this day the hippest white woman in San Francisco." She must be pretty hip since Sept. 5, 2003, Sandra Handler's birthday, was designated a holiday by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, honouring her years of service as dean of social and behavioural sciences at City College of San Francisco.
Handler also loves opera sang with the San Francisco Boys Chorus in the early '80s in productions of "La Boheme," "Carmen," "Tosca" and others.
As a young child, Daniel was acutely aware of the fact that terrible things sometimes happen to children. His father fled Germany in childhood, and Daniel grew up knowing about the frightening events of the Holocaust at a very tender age.
No doubt that influenced his world view and his later writing.
He has been quoted as saying "I was the sort of kid that was funny enough that I wouldn't get beat up."
Handler's favorite book as a child was 'The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily' by Italian author Dino Buzzati. He influenced his publisher to bring the long out of print book back into print.
Here is a trailer of Lemony's new book 'The Dark'
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