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
Ophelia Dahl of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World", Tracy Kidder's book describing the work of the organization and the life of Dr. Farmer. In December 2006, Ophelia Dahl and Paul Farmer received the Union Medal from Union Theological Seminary in New York. Dahl and the Partners in Health team is featured in the 2017 documentary film, Bending The Arc. Dahl is the daughter of actress Patricia Neal and author Roald Dahl. Dahl contributed to the 2003 book "The Roald Dahl Treasury", a collection of her father's stories, memoirs, letters and poetry, and is currently writing a memoir