Llandaff, South Wales. 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 adapted for two films. Over his decadeslong writing career, Dahl wrote 19 children's books. He died on November 23, 1990, in Oxford, England.
ROALD DAHL'S TITLES
The Gremlins (1943) Over To You (1946) Some Time Never (1948) Someone Like You (1953) Kiss Kiss (1960) James and the Giant Peach (1961) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) The Magic Finger (1966) Fantastic Mr Fox (1968) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972) Switch Bitch (1974) Danny, the Champion of the World (1975) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) The Enormous Crocodile (1978) My Uncle Oswald (1979) The Twits (1980) George's Marvellous Medicine (1981) Revolting Rhymes (1982) The BFG (1982) Dirty Beasts (1983) 1.
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The Witches (1983)
Roald Dahls Book of Ghost Stories (1983) Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985) Two Fables (1985) Going Solo (1986) Matilda (1988) Rhyme Stew (1989) Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1989) Esio Trot (1990) The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991) The Minpins (1991) Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991) My Year (1991) Play scripts and film screenplays The Honeys (stage play, 1955) You Only Live Twice (film screenplay, 1967) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (co-wrote film screenplay, 1968) The Night Digger (film screenplay, 1971) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (co-wrote film screenplay, 1971) 21.
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Roald Dahl or inspired by his writings The Roald Dahl Cookbook (1991) Revolting Recipes (1994) The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997) Even More Revolting Recipes (2001) Songs and Verse (2005) More About Boy (2008) Completely Revolting Recipes (2009) 1.