AdvertisementRoald Dahl Wanted His Magical 'Matilda' To Keep Books AliveNovember 14, 2013NPR StafffacebookEmailAuthor Roald Dahl stands with his wife, American actress Patricia Neal, and their newborn daughter, Lucy, outside their home in Buckinghamshire, England, in August 1965. Roald Dahl died in 1990. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
