FUN FACTS

Children: Ophelia, Lucy, Tessa, Olivia, Theo

Dog: Chopper

Wife: Patricia Neal (divorced) Felicity Crosland

Father: Harold Dahl   

Mother: Sofie Dahl

Date of Birth: September 13, 1916

Date he Died: November 23, 1990 at age 74

Brothers and Sisters:  Astri, Alfhild, Else, and Asta

Eye Color: blue-gray

Hair Color: grayish

Special Virtue: Never satisfied with what I have done.

Special Vice: drinking

Favorite Color: yellow

Favorite Food: caviar

Favorite Music: Beethoven

Favorite Personality: My wife and children

Favorite Sound: piano

Favorite TV Program: news

Favorite Smell: bacon frying

Favorite book from Childhood: Mr. Midshipman Easy

If not an Author, I'd be: a doctor

Most Frightening Moment: In a hurricane (1941)

Funniest Moment: Being born

Motto: My candle burns at both ends 

it will not last the night

but ah my foes and friends 

it gives a lovely light.

Facts from The Roald Dahl Treasury.