| Roald Dahl is the famed author of
many wonderful books including, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James
and the Giant Peach and Matilda. However, Mr. Dahl did not grow up
intending to write children's books. He was
born in Wales in 1916 but spent all of his childhood in England. When he
turned 18, he went to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. At the
beginning of World War II, Mr. Dahl joined the Royal Air Force as a
fighter pilot. He moved to Washington D.C. when he was 26 and began to
write. The first short story he wrote was about
adventures at war and was bought by the Saturday Evening Post. He later
moved back to England with his own family, and began writing
entertaining stories for his own children around 1960. Most of his
famous books are dedicated to his own children. |
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is known as the
creator of the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. Doyle actually
graduated from Edinburgh University as a doctor. It was at this
university where he met his friend Dr. Joseph Bell. Dr. Bell had a way
of drawing conclusions, or inferences from observations, and it was
based on his personality that Doyle created Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock
Holmes first appeared in a series of short stories published in 1891 in
"Strand Magazine." |
C.S. Lewis was a noted Christian writer
from England. He wrote adult books as well the Narnia stories, which
children still enjoy today. Read more about C. S. Lewis by clicking
here. |
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