The Author...
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Roald Dahl (3 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. He has been referred to as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". His awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievementand the British BooK Awards Children's Author of the Year in 1990. Roald Dahl was born in 1916 at Villa Marie, Fairwater Road, in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales. Roald later lived with his family in Great Missenden, a village in Buckinghamshire, UK. Their house was surrounded by fields and woods. As a passionate lover of the countryside, there was one particular tree - known locally as "the witches tree" - that sat on the lane near the Dahl home and came to inspire one of Roald's own favourite stories: Fantastic Mr Fox. Dahl was the author of many famous childrens novels- Matilda, The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Twits, to name but a few! 'Those who don't believe in magic, will never find it'- Roald Dahl |