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Roald Dahl's parents were Norwegian, but he was born in Llandaff, Glamorgan, in 1916 and educated at REpton School. On the outbreak of World War II he enlisted in the RAF at Nairobi. He was severely wounded after joining a fighter squadron in Libya but later saw service as a fighter pilot in Greece and Syria. in 1942 he went to Washington as Assistant Air Attache, and it was that there he started to write short stories. Later he was transferred into Intelligence and ended the war as a wing commander. His first twelve short stories, based on his wartime experiences, were originally published in leading American magazines and later as a book, Over to You. His short storeis, which have received extraordinary acclaim, have been translated into many languages and have been bestsellers al over the world. The books in which they are collected are Someone Like You, Kiss Kiss, Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl, Switch Bitch and Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life. anglia Television dramatized a selection of these short storeis, which are published in Penguin as Tales of teh Unexpected and more Tales of the Unexpected. His other publications include his highly praised novel My Uncle Oswald, a collection of his finest short stories, The Best of Roald Dahl, Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories and two volumes of autobiography, Boy and Going Solo. As a tribute to Roald Dahl on his seventieth birthday Viking Published his Two Fables in 1986. Roald Dahl was one of the most successful and well known of all children's writers. His books, w hich are read by children the world over, include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Magic Finger, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Twits, The Witches, winner of the 1983 Whitbread Award, The BFG and Matilda. Roald Dahl died in November 1990.