Roald Dahl
By: Charles J. Shields.
Series: Who wrote that?
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Dahl, Roald -- Juvenile literature.; Dahl, Roald.; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Children's stories -- Authorship -- Juvenile literature.; Authors, English.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: A description of the personal life and career of the twentieth-century English writer of such successful books as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach," and "Matilda."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-99) and index.
Table of contents: title: The fighter pilot who could write; title: Boy; title: "I began to see I could handle fiction"; title: Writing for adults; title: The challenges of life; title: Touching the young heart; title: The hut in the garden; title: Giggles of mirth.