

Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of the President of the USA liked it so much he was invited to the White House and became friends with the President, Franklin D Roosevelt.

His very first children’s book, written in 1943 was called The Gremlins. After the war he worked in America, and soon started writing stories. In the second world war he fought as a fighter pilot, and was badly injured when his plane crashed. His first job was in Africa, with the Shell Oil Company. He went to Repton school, in Derbyshire, and left school in 1933. His parents were Norwegian, and were called Harald and Sofie.

Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, South Wales on September 13th 1916.
