Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940's with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. Dahl's first published work, inspired by a meeting with C. S. Forester, was Shot Down Over Libya. Today the story is published as A Piece of Cake. The story, about his wartime adventures, was bought by the Saturday Evening Post for $900, and propelled him into a career as a writer. Its title was inspired by a highly inaccurate and sensationalized article about the crash that blinded him, which claimed he had been shot down instead of simply having to land because of low fuel. His first children's book was The Gremlins, about mischievous little creatures that were part of RAF folklore. The book was commissioned by Walt Disney for a film that was never made, and published in 1943. Dahl went on to create some of the best-loved children's stories of the 20th century, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and James and the Giant Peach. He also had a successful parallel career as the writer of macabre adult short stories, usually with a dark sense of humour and a surprise ending. Many were originally written for American magazines such as Ladies Home Journal, Harper's, Playboy and The New Yorker, then subsequently collected by Dahl into anthologies, gaining world-wide acclaim. Dahl wrote more than 60 short stories and they have appeared in numerous collections, some only being published in book form after his death. His stories also brought him three Edgar Awards: in 1954, for the collection Someone Like You; in 1959, for the story "The Landlady"; and in 1980, for the episode of Tales of the Unexpected based on "Skin".
Series
Books
The Wish
2012
James and the Giant Peach
1961
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl
Vol I
2023
More About Boy Tales of Childhood
2009
The Minpins
1991
Edward the Conqueror
2012
Kiss Kiss
1959
Over to You
Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying
1946
British Security Coordination
1998
Spotty Powder and Other Splendiferous Secrets
2010
The Witches
1983
Tel est Pris qui Croyait Prendre
2003
Man from the South
2005
Pig
1959
Roald Dahl's Extraordinary Friends
2015
The Last Act
1974
Twenty Nine Kisses From Roald Dahl
1969
The Complete Short Stories
Volume One 1944-1953
2012
El gran libro de los gatos
Los mejores relatos, ensayos y poemas de la literatura felina universal
2019
The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets
2010
Completely Unexpected Tales
1986
The Mildenhall Treasure
1946
Roald Dahl's Incredible Chocolate Box
2005
Nunc Dimittis
2012
Ten Short Stories
1997
Roald Dahl's Scrumdidlyumptious Story Collection
2008
The BFG
1982
The Visitor
1974
Skin
2012
Roald Dahl's Lucky Charlie Bucket
2017
Only This
2012
The Flying Sorcerers
1997
Vengeance is Mine Inc. and Other Stories
1953
Il libraio che imbrogliò l'Inghilterra
1996
The boy who talked with animals
1977
La cata
1953
The Twits, the Minpins & the Magic Finger
2013
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
1972
Alle verhalen
1998
Boy and Going Solo
1984
Roald Dahl's Wonderful Mr Willy Wonka
2017
Two fables
1986
The Umbrella Man
2023
Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes
1994
Selected Short Stories
2012
Someone Like You
1953
The Hitch-Hiker and Other Short Stories
1997
The Roald Dahl Audio Collection
1980
The Great Automatic Grammatizator
2012
Roald Dahl's Colours
2019
Roald Dahl
Set of 3 Books
1989
Madame Rosette
2012
War
2017
The Swan
1977
Innocence
2017
George's Marvellous Medicine
1981
Roald Dahl's Glorious Galumptious Story Collection
2009
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Pop-Up Book
2010
Dahlmanac
2006
My Uncle Oswald
1979
Mr Botibol
2013
A Taste of the Unexpected
2005
Roald Dahl Opposites
2022
The Great Switcheroo
1985
More Tales Of The Unexpected
1980
Roald Dahl's Cookbook
1996
Trickery
2017
William and Mary
1959
Fantastic Mr. Fox and Other Animal Stories
2013
The Bookseller
1987
Roald Dahl's Mischief and Mayhem
2013
An African Story
2012
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Roald Dahl's Fantabulous Facts
2012
The BFG
A Set of Plays
1991
Matilda
1988
Roald Dahl's ABC
2019
It's Great to Be Eight
2000
Fantastic Mr. Fox
1970
Matilda
Be Outrageous: Big Ideas from a Small Girl
2019
The Way up to Heaven
2004
¡Qué asco de bichos!... y El cocodrilo enorme
2002
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1964
Beware of the Dog
1946
Katina
2012
Love from Matilda
2022
Dip in the Pool
2012
The Magic Finger and The Minpins
2013
Dirty Beasts
1983
Georgy Porgy
1970
The Hitchhiker
1977
George's Marvelous Medicine / The Twits / The BFG
1997
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Other Illustrated Classics
2019
Going Solo
1986
Roald Dahl Children's Collection
10 Books
2005
Galloping Foxley
1953
Mr. Feasey
2012
How to Spot a Witch
2020
მატილდა. სასწაულმოქმედი მისტერ ფოქსი
2015
Boy
Tales of Childhood
1984
Royal Jelly
2011
Roald Dahl Magical Mischief
2005
Bitch
2012
Skin and Other Stories
2000
The Gremlins
1943
The Great Mouse Plot
2016
Vile Verses
2005
Phizz Whizzing Collection
2007
Non crescere mai
2022
Lucky Break
How I Became a Writer
1977
Happy Reader
Spotty Powder
2015
Roald Dahl Treasury
1997
Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts
2001
The Best of Roald Dahl
1978
The Twits
1980
The Magic Finger
1966
Roald Dahl Colors
2018
Mr Hoddy
2012
A Roald Dahl Selection
1980
James & The Giant Peach
1996
Lamb to the Slaughter
1953
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Cruelty
2016
Danny the Champion of the World
1975
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
1991
My Lady Love, My Dove
2012
Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book.
2011
The Roald Dahl Omnibus
Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights
1986
Fantastic Mr Fox Storybook
2010
Esio Trot
1990
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
1985
Коняка Фокслі та інші дорослі оповідання
2006
Gótico botánico
Cuentos de un verdor perverso
2024
The Complete Short Stories
Volume Two 1954-1988
2012
My Dad is Fantastic
2020
1 2 3
2018
The Enormous Crocodile and the Magic Finger
1986
Neck
2012
Death of an Old Old Man
2012
Le streghe; Il GGG
1989
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
1977
The Witches
The Graphic Novel
2020
Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories
1953
The Way Up to Heaven and Other Stories
1981
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
1977
My Year
1993
The Enormous Crocodile
1978
Never Grow Up
2021
Roald Dahl
Whizzpopping Joke Book: A side-splittingly fun joke book for kids
2016
Revolting Rhymes
1982
ჯადოსნური თითი
1985
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
1977
Genesis and Catastrophe
1962
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
1989
My Own Book of Animal Stories
1997
Esio Trot & The Minpins
2003
James and the Giant Peach
a Play
1982
Wonka
2023
Mathilda by Roald Dahl
2018
The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka
1987
The Ratcatcher
2012
The Soldier
2012
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, Volume 2
1994
The Sound Machine
1977
Kiss, Kiss ; Over to You ; Switch Bitch ; Someone Like You ; Four Tales of the Unexpected ; My Uncle Oswald
1985
A Piece of Cake
1944
The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka
1987
Yesterday was Beautiful
2012
Rhyme Stew
1989
The Surgeon
1960
They Shall Not Grow Old
2012
Parson's Pleasure
1977
Le chien de Claude
1990
The Landlady
1959
Switch Bitch
1974
The Roald Dahl Collection
1986
The BFG / Matilda / George's Marvellous Medicine
1992
Rummins
2012
Poison
1950
Some Time Never
A Fable for Supermen
1948
Deception
2016
Madness
2016
Los mejores relatos de Roald Dahl
1982
The Great Mouse Plot and Other Tales of Childhood
1996
