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Other Works:
Fiction: "The Bookseller", "Playboy" (USA), January 1987, p. 122-124+157+188- 192.
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Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie
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4 Print Biographies
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1 Interview
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6 Articles
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Height:
6' 6" (1.98 m)
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Personal Quote:
[1988 interview with Todd McCormack] When you're writing a book, with people in it as opposed to animals, it is no good having people who are ordinary, because they are not going to interest your readers at all. Every writer in the world has to use the characters that have something interesting about them and this is even more true in children's books...
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Trivia:
His short story "Beware Of The Dog" is officially the basis for the 1964 film, "36 Hours", although the plot is much altered and extended. According to one of the biographies of Dahl, the film was written without reference to him or his story, and it was only after the leading female role in the film was offered to his then wife Patricia Neal that he learned of the film at all...
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Trademark:
Orphans; James from James and the Giant Peach, the main character from The Witches and Sophie from The BFG.
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Star Sign:
Virgo