roald dahl was born in 1916 in cardiff wales his parents were norwegian and his mother often told him norwegian stories
he wrote in notebooks every day and hid them in the garden he didn't want his sisters to find them
Dahl flew planes in the second world war he began writing stories after the war some of his children's books became very
fomous- james and the giant peach charlie and the chocolate factory and the BFG as well as matilda there are films of all
these stories He also wrote frightening adult stories with surprises at the end Dahl wrote his book in a small wooden building
in his garden he died in 1990 in england
the film of matida stars Danny Devito as Matilda's dad and pam ferris as miss Trunchbull Mara Wilson plays Matilda