about the author
Roald dahl
Born : Llandaff, Wales, 1916
Schools: Llandaff. Cathedral school, St Peter's, Repton
Jobs: Shell Oil company representative in East Africa, RAF fighter pilot in the Second World War, air attach and an author
Three facts : Roald Dahl started making books for kids only when he had his own kids. Roald Dahl had two steel hips and six operations on his spine. Roald Dahl wrote screen plays on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Other books: Roald Dahl has written a number of books such as The Witches ,The Twits and James and the Giant Peach.
Schools: Llandaff. Cathedral school, St Peter's, Repton
Jobs: Shell Oil company representative in East Africa, RAF fighter pilot in the Second World War, air attach and an author
Three facts : Roald Dahl started making books for kids only when he had his own kids. Roald Dahl had two steel hips and six operations on his spine. Roald Dahl wrote screen plays on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Other books: Roald Dahl has written a number of books such as The Witches ,The Twits and James and the Giant Peach.
rOALD DAHL'S CAREER AS A WRITER
In 1953, he published the best-selling story collection Someone Like You and married actress Patricia Neil. He published the popular book James and the Giant Peach in 1961. In 1964, he released another highly successfuly work, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was later was made into two films. Over his decades-long writing career, Dahl wrote 19 children's books. He died on November 23, 1990, in Oxford, England.