Who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
About Roald Dahl Mr. Dahl was born on September 13, 1916 in South Wales and died in November 1990 at the age of 74. He had five children. Roald Dahl workd for Shell Oil Company from 1933 – 1939 and later joined the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot in 1939. In 1940, his plan was shot down by enemy fire. Dahl was asked to tell his story and through a turn of events he ended up writing the story himself for The Saturday Evening Post, which is what began his writing career. During his career, Dahl wrote and published short stories, poems, novels, movie and tv scripts. Some of his other books include The Gremlins, James and the Giant Peach and Danny the Champion of the World. In 1965 Dahl published Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
