Roald Dahl RAF pilots blamed the gremlins for all the problems with the aircraft. While at the British Embassy in Washington, Dahl sent a copy to the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt who read it to her grandchildren, and the book was commissioned by Walt Disney for a film that was never made. Dahl went on to create some of the best-loved children's stories of the 20th century, such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Matilda", "James and the Giant Peach", "The Witches", "Fantastic Mr Fox", "The BFG", "The Twits" and "George's Marvellous Medicine". Dahl also had a successful parallel career as the
Roald Dahl bibliography Awards' Children's Author of the Year in 1990. In 2008 "The Times" placed Dahl 16th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". He has been referred to by an anonymous writer for "The Independent" as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century" On Dahl's death in 1990, Howard considered him "one of the most widely read and influential writers of our generation". Many of Dahl's works were used as the basis for films or television programmes. The following are where he is credited as the writer of the performed script. Roald Dahl