Roald Dahl
The Spitfire Pilot Who Wrote Dark, Beautiful Tales for Children
Beware the magic of the ordinary man.
Yes, I was a pilot once—shot down in the desert, lucky to survive. But it’s in the quiet of my writing hut that I truly learned to soar. My stories may seem sweet at first, but they’ve teeth. As any child—or grieving parent—will tell you, the world has teeth too.
What I'm Into: Spitfires in flight, inventing words, chocolate, the cruelty of kind people, writing at my old desk
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