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All the Wrong Questions
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Who Could That Be at This Hour?
When Did You See Her Last?
Shouldn't You Be in School?
Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?
Author Lemony Snicket (pen name of Daniel Handler)
Illustrator Seth
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Children's fiction, Humor, Mystery, Noir
Publisher Little, Brown and Company (US)
Egmont Publishing (UK)
Published2012 – 2015
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
No. of booksFour

All the Wrong Questions is a four-part children's book series and prequel to A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (the pen name of American author Daniel Handler). The series explores Snicket's childhood apprenticeship to the secret society V.F.D and expands the fictional universe introduced in the novel The Bad Beginning , the first of thirteen installments in the A Series of Unfortunate Events books.

Contents

Handler signed with Egmont Publishing (UK) in August 2009 and Little, Brown and Company (U.S.) in November 2009 to begin working on the series. [1] [2] Although the author switched from his former publisher, HarperCollins, to Little, Brown and Company, he continued to work with his longtime editor Susan Rich. [3]

The first book, Who Could That Be at This Hour? , was released on October 23, 2012. [4] The second book, When Did You See Her Last? , was released on October 15, 2013. The third book, Shouldn't You Be in School? , was released on September 30, 2014. [5] The fourth and final book, Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights? , was released on September 29, 2015. A companion novel, File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents, was released on April 1, 2014. [6]

Premise

The four-book series revolves around a thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket who has moved to Stain'd-by-the-Sea. The town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea was abandoned following the closure of Ink Inc. (a large ink factory) and the town's sea being drained. Snicket recalls four adventures he had in Stain'd-by-the-Sea, with each revolving around a question he incorrectly asked. As Lemony and his chaperone, S. Theodora Markson, investigate crimes, Snicket makes both friends and enemies, including Hangfire.

The series runs alongside the story of Lemony's sister Kit as she completes a similar mission for V.F.D. Lemony's main mission is to protect a statue called the Bombinating Beast from various people who desire it, including Hangfire.

Characters

Background

In August 2009, it was announced that Egmont Publishing had purchased the rights to a new series by Snicket. [7] By November 2009, Little, Brown and Company had purchased the North American rights to the series. [2] The series will have some overlap with his previous series, A Series of Unfortunate Events , but will not involve some of its protagonists, the Baudelaire orphans. [8] Daniel Handler, the author behind the Snicket pen name, clarified that the series "is mostly an entirely new story. But if you are a close reader of the series you will see some overlap. There will be something for people who are hungry for that sort of thing." [9] He reiterated: "It does have some overlap with the series, but it's not a continuation." [10]

Asked about his progress with the series in January 2010, Handler stated that he was "at the point that it's a twinkle in someone else's eye." [11] He told The Scotsman that the series was "still kind of fetal", and that he would be writing it in 2010. [10] The Times reported he is playing with a plot and title. [9] The only hint to the story's plot provided by Handler was that the series will "approach that question mark from a different angle". [9] In October 2010, Snicket elaborated:

I'm doing research for a new series for older children that is about more experiences from my own life; it takes place at a time before the Baudelaire children were born. [12]

Promotion

On February 8, 2012, the name of the series was revealed, All the Wrong Questions, along with the first book's title, Who Could That Be at This Hour?. The series is to follow Lemony Snicket's childhood in "an organization nobody knows about". [13] The first book has been given a first printing of one million copies and was released on October 23, 2012. [4] The title of the first book had earlier been hinted at in a message to fansite 667 Dark Avenue, where it was apparently designated as "The First Question". [14] The second book is titled "When Did You See Her Last?" [15]

Chapter One of Who Could That Be at This Hour? was published on Entertainment Weekly 's website on June 1, [16] and, three days later, on Guardian.co.uk, [17] including the first chapter illustration. Subsequently, further chapter illustrations and the second chapter were made available to the 667 Dark Avenue fansite [18] as thanks for a birthday gift to Daniel Handler. The first two chapters were also made available in promotional attache cases distributed at BookExpo America. [19] The two chapters were also later made available on the series's official website, lemonysnicketlibrary. Chapters Three and Four were later released with the first two as an E-book via Amazon.com and Google Play. [20] [21]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Allen, Katie (January 11, 2010). "Snicket to answer back". BookSeller.com. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Rich, Motoko (November 11, 2009). "Lemony Snicket's New Series and Young Adult Novel". The New York Times . Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ Itzkoff, Dave (August 26, 2009). "More Lemony Snicket Novels Are Coming". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  4. 1 2 Lewis, Andy (February 8, 2012). "New Lemony Snicket Book Gets One Million Copy First Printing, Release Date". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  5. ↑ . ISBN   978-0316123068.{{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ Snicket, Lemony (April 2014). File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents. ISBN   978-0316284035.
  7. ↑ Gallagher, Victoria and Caroline Horn (August 25, 2009). "Egmont signs new series from Lemony Snicket". BookSeller.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  8. ↑ Woodroof, James (January 19, 2010). "Your questions for Lemony Snicket". The Independent . Archived from the original on January 21, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 Wade, Mike (January 14, 2010). "Lemony Snicket tells lies to children". The Times . Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  10. 1 2 Robinson, David (January 13, 2010). "Lemony Snicket unveils his plan for four further books". The Scotsman . Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  11. ↑ Geduldig, Lisa (January 3, 2010). "'Snicket' author finds inspiration at beach, in poetry". The San Francisco Examiner . Retrieved January 23, 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
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  13. ↑ Boog, Jason (February 8, 2012). "Lemony Snicket to Return in 4-Book Series". Galley Cat. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
  14. ↑ (March 3, 2011) Daniel Handler's Birthday - Many Thanks 667 Dark Avenue. Retrieved March 3, 2011
  15. ↑ http://www.lsatwq.com/questionmark.html LSATWQ.com Retrieved April 8, 2013
  16. ↑ Lee, Stephan (June 1, 2012) Lemony Snicket's Next Book: Read Chapter 1 EW.com. Retrieved June 13, 2012
  17. ↑ (June 4, 2012) Lemony Snicket's new book - read the first chapter guardian.co.uk. Retrieved June 13, 2012
  18. ↑ (June 13, 2012) "Dear 667 Dark Avenue"... Including: CHAPTER TWO 667 Dark Avenue. Retrieved June 12, 2012
  19. ↑ Cassie-la (June 8, 2012) Cassie-la's BEA 2012 Wrap Up Bibliomantics.com. Retrieved June 12, 2012
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