Lemony Snicket (Author) Lemony Snicket is the author of the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events ; several picture books, including The Dark ; and the books collectively titled All the Wrong Questions . Rilla Alexander (Illustrator) Rilla Alexander is an Australian illustrator and designer whose energetic and instantly likeable characters animate everything from toys and tea cups to busses and buildings. With influences from Scandinavian textiles, Lego, Muppets and the Moomins, Rilla's art is colourful, bold and powerful. She lives in Portland, Oregon.