Roald Dahl short stories bibliography
Roald Dahl short stories bibliography is a comprehensive annotated list of short stories written by Roald Dahl.
The Best of Roald Dahl
The Best of Roald Dahl is a collection of 25 of Roald Dahl's short stories.
The first edition was published in 1978.
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl( 13 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.
Dahl was born in Wales to Norwegian immigrant parents, and he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
He became a flying ace and intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander.
He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works for children and for adults, and he became one of the world's best- selling authors.
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 Achievement and the British Book Awards' Children's Author of the Year in 1990.
In 2008," The Times" placed Dahl 16th on its list of" The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Dahl's short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, macabre, often darkly comic mood, featuring villainous adult enemies of the child characters.
His books champion the kindhearted and feature an underlying warm sentiment.
His works for children include" James and the Giant PeachCharlie and the Chocolate FactoryMatilda The Witches Fantastic Mr Fox The BFG The Twits", and" George's Marvellous Medicine".
His adult works include" Tales of the Unexpected".
Parson's Pleasure (short story)
" Parson's Pleasure" is a short story written by Roald Dahl.
Jamie Thomson (author)
Jamie Thomson( born 14 November 1958 in Iran) is a British writer, editor and game developer, and winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012.
Lucy Dahl
Lucy Neal Dahl( born 4 August 1965) is a British screenwriter and daughter of British author Roald Dahl and American actress Patricia Neal.
Felicity Dahl
Felicity Dahl( born 12 December 1938) is a British film producer who married the children's author Roald Dahl in 1983.
She was previously married to Charles Reginald Hugh Crosland.
The quietly spoken Dahl gave a rare interview in November 2008 to publicise the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize and reflect on her years with the late author.
She manages the Roald Dahl Foundation which helps young people with brain, blood and literacy problems.
Tessa Dahl
Chantal Sophia" Tessa" Dahl( born 11 April 1957) is an English author and actress.
She is the daughter of British author Roald Dahl and American actress Patricia Neal.
George Carman
George Alfred Carman, QC( 6 October 1929 – 2 January 2001) was a leading English barrister during the 1980s and 1990s.
In 1979, he successfully defended the former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe after he was charged with conspiracy to murder.
Carman had been appointed as a Queen's Counsel( QC) eight years previously.
He later appeared in a series of widely publicised criminal cases and libel cases.
Ophelia Dahl
Ophelia Magdalena
Dahl( born 12 May 1964) is a British- American social justice and health care advocate.
As of January 2008, Dahl is the president and executive director of Partners In Health( PIH), a Boston, Massachusetts- based non-profit health care organization dedicated to providing a" preferential option for the poor."
She first encountered Paul Farmer, the future co-founder of PIH, as an eighteen- year- old volunteer in Haiti, and has since dedicated her life to advocating for social justice and healthcare equity.
As a co-founder and key member of the PIH team, Dahl was featured prominently in" Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World", Tracy Kidder's book describing the work of the organization and the life of Dr. Farmer.
In December 2006, Ophelia Dahl and Paul Farmer received the Union Medal from Union Theological Seminary in New York.
Dahl and the Partners in Health team is featured in the 2017 documentary film, Bending The Arc.
Dahl is the daughter of actress Patricia Neal and author Roald Dahl.
Dahl contributed to the 2003 book" The Roald Dahl Treasury", a collection of her father's stories, memoirs, letters and poetry, and is currently writing a memoir of her father.
She is a trustee of the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, a registered charity with the mission of" telling Roald Dahl ’s life story, to care for his archive and to promote a love of creative writing in everyone."
Dahl graduated from Wellesley College as a Davis Scholar and delivered Wellesley's 2006 commencement address.
In 2011, she was named by the" Boston Globe" as one of the three Bostonians of the Year, along with her Partners in Health co-founder, Paul Farmer and a senior member of Partners in Health, Louise Ivers.
This was mainly due to her and the charity's response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
She has also been selected by Social Capital Inc.( SCI) as a 2011 SCI Idealist Award recipient, to be given on 30 March 2011.

Question: Who died first, George Carman or Roald Dahl?
Answer: Roald Dahl