Hello! My name is Liz and I am one of the newest interns here at Beaufort. My “nom-de-plume” will be elizaBEAU. I am currently a Senior at Hofstra University, set to graduate in December! I am very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to complete an internship here at Beaufort. This is not my first time in Manhattan (or as most people call it “the city”), but my first chance to experience the daily “grind” of a commute (I come from Long Island). I love every second of it! My first week here was a whirlwind of information—preparing for BEA (Book Expo America) was a bit chaotic. After moving boxes, organizing books, and hanging posters, we got to sneak around and see what the show was like before it was completely set-up. There were a lot of books—advanced reader’s copies, which means that they haven’t been published yet!
If you were a kid who liked to read, you surely remember the dark novellas written by the caustic narrator Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events. Well, Snicket was there signing books! Except to my utter disappointment, that’s not his real name. In fact, his real name is Daniel Handler, and although I did not get to see him at the show, I must admit that I searched for a picture of him on the Internet. I must say that Handler looks nothing like I imagined him to be. As a child, I pictured Lemony Snicket as an old, long bearded, and liver spotted man—writing obsessively on paper about Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. So, if you too are now wondering what Lemony Snicket looks like, here’s a picture for you:
-ElizaBEAU