Roald Dahl children include "James and the Giant Peach", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Matilda", "The Witches", "Fantastic Mr Fox", "The BFG", "The Twits" and "George's Marvellous Medicine". His adult works include "Tales of the Unexpected". Roald Dahl was born in 1916 at Villa Marie, Fairwater Road, in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl ("née" Hesselberg). Dahl's father had emigrated to the UK from Sarpsborg in Norway, and settled in Cardiff in the 1880s. His mother came over and married his father in 1911. Dahl was named after the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen. His first
Lucy Dahl whom she has two daughters, Phoebe Dahl (born November 4, 1988) and Chloe Michaela Dahl (born September 12, 1990). The couple divorced in 1991. Dahl's second marriage was in 2002, to John LaViolette. They divorced in 2016. Lucy Dahl Lucy Neal Dahl (born 4 August 1965) is a British screenwriter and daughter of British author Roald Dahl and American actress Patricia Neal. Lucy Dahl was born on 4 August 1965 in England. Her parents were author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal. Dahl wrote the screenplay for "Wild Child" and served as a consultant on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory",