For many millennials and Gen Zers, A Series of Unfortunate Events is a cornerstone of their childhood literary experience.

The "Series of Unfortunate Events" author, who is also known as Lemony Snicket, reveals mental illness and his path to art in his new book, out now Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE.

"A Series of Unfortunate Events" is, as you might have guessed ... The parents are actually Mr. and Mrs. Quagmire, parents of three children Duncan, Quigley, and Isadora Quagmire.