Articles/Interviews

This page features all the articles, essays, and interviews I can find about Roald Dahl, his family, and his work. If you've written something you'd like to share, send it to me and I'll post it. Thanks!

• Book and Magazine Collector (January 1989)
  • Magazine with article and appraisal information on "The Children's Books of Roald Dahl"
   
  
• Book and Magazine Collector (April 1994)
  • Magazine with article and appraisal information on "The Adult Fiction of Roald Dahl"
   
  
• "Boy Going Solo"
  • Essay submitted by Caryn Liles
  • Topic: the links between Dahl's life and what he wrote about
   
  
• "Charlie and the Political-Correctness Factory"
  • Essay submitted by Cassandra Pierce
  • Topic: the way criticism of the book was reflected in its revisions and in the movie screenplay
   
  
• "The Chocolate Revolution"
  • Article from September 7, 1997 issue of Sunday Magazine
  • Topic: Roald Dahl gives a lesson on the history of chocolate and the inventions that changed the world
   
  
• "Dealing with Olivia's Death"
  • Article from March 31, 1997 issue of People Magazine
  • Topic: Olivia Dahl's death and its impact on the family
   
  
• "My Hero"
  • Essay submitted by Kristie Hand
  • Topic: why Dahl is a hero (focuses on father relationship from Danny the Champion of the World)
   
  
• "Once upon a time, childhood was made of magic..."
  • Article from April 23, 2000 edition of The Sunday Times
  • Topic: Tessa Dahl, in a letter to her dead father Roald, bemoans a world where nothing is left to the imagination
   
  
• "Peaches N' Dreams: Henry Selick's James and the Giant Peach"
  • Article written by Wendy Jackson, Sales Representative for Animation World Network
  • Topic: The making of Henry Selick's film "James and the Giant Peach"
   
  
• The Pied Pipers: Interviews with the influential creators of children's literature
  • Book written by Justin Wintle and Emma Fisher
  • Features interview with Roald Dahl
   
  
• "Roald Dahl and the Children's Gallery"
  • Article written by David Erskin, museum curator
  • Topic: The Children's Gallery in Aylesbury
   
  
• "Roald Dahl and the Creative Process: Writing from Experience"
  • Essay submitted by Julia Round
  • Topic: Dahl, creativity, autobiography, and writing
  • Note: Includes a great bibliography with lots of sources!
   
  
• "Roald Dahl and Sociology 101"
  • Essay from The Alan Review
  • Topic: How three of Dahl's works exhibit his world view
   
  
• "Roald Dahl, Writer, 74, Is Dead..."
  • Obituary from November 24, 1990 edition of The New York Times
   
  
• "The Search For R.D. Mascott"
  • Article from Cinescape Online
  • Topic: How Nick Kincaid tracked down the mystery author of James Bond Junior - 003 1/2, believed at one time to have been Roald Dahl
   
  
• "They Won't Grow Up"
  • Article from November 12, 1995 edition of The New York Times
  • Topic: Dahl, Ted Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss), Laura Ingalls Wilder, and their biographies
   
  
• The Twilight Zone Magazine (February 1983)
  • Magazine with interview and reprint of "Royal Jelly"
   
  
• "Visiting Royal Bedrooms"
  • Article from July 16, 1982 edition of The New York Times
  • Topic: an actual break–in at Buckingham Palace that mimicked The BFG
   
  
• "Yes, Roald Dahl Rules..."
  • Article from ETHOS Magazine
  • Discusses "Top 100 Books of the Century List" and Dahl in particular