Roald Dahl

He was named after the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen.

Roald spoke Norwegian when he was at home with his family.

The first draft of the Magic Finger was titled The Almost Ducks, and James and the Giant Peach was going to be called James and the Giant Cherry.

Roald Dahl often based his characters on people he had met in real life. For example, it is said that the grandmother in The Witches is inspired by his own mother, Sofie

He wrote the screenplays for You Only Live Twice  (the James Bond film) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Some of his favourite authors were: Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackery.

It has been said that Roald Dahl created more than 250 new words. Many of them appear in The BFG

On 2nd July 1953, Roald Dahl married Patricai Neal, an American actress.

His teachers didn’t think he was very good at writing when he was at school, but Roald Dahl excelled at sport. He was a very good footballer and he enjoyed playing squash.

He often carried a camera with him and he loved taking photographs.

He was born on september 13 1916.He often carried a camera with him and

He died at the age of 74

He loved taking photographs.He is known all over the world as the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and The Twits, but few of his fans will know that Roald Dahl also helped revolutionise the treatment of children suffering from hydrocephalus.