Roald Dahl was a famous short story writer who became one of the most successful and beloved writers for children of all time. He ... wrote several screenplays. Born to parents from Norway in Wales, he attended British schools, but never went to university, opting to go work for the Shell Oil Company instead. He worked there for a few years, but when World War II started, he joined the RAF. As Assistant Air Attache in Washington DC, he became a writer, and that was his job for the rest of his life. He wrote two novels, two autobiographies, nineteen children's books, and wrote many short story collections, the most notable being Kiss Kiss (1959) and Switch Bitch (1974).