Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Cardiff, Whales on September 13th, 1916. He died at the age of 74 on the 23rd of November, 1990 in Oxford, United Kingdom. During his lifetime, he was not only a successful author, but a Shell Oil Company representative in East Africa, RAF fighter pilot in Second World War, and an air attaché. In his years, he went to schools called Llandaff Cathedral School, St Peter's, and Repton. His motto that he lived by was' My candle burns at both ends , It will not last the night, but ah my foes and oh my friends, It gives a lovely light' Roald Dahl got the setting idea for Fantastic Mr.Fox from a fifty-year old Beech tree in his garden. To get more information about Roald Dahl, go to www.roalddahl.com