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* ''[[Matilda (novel)|Matilda]]''
* ''[[Matilda (novel)|Matilda]]''
* ''[[My Uncle Oswald]]''
* ''[[My Uncle Oswald]]''
* ''[[Sometimes Never a Fable For Supermen]]'', his most pessimistic work.
* ''[[Sometimes Never: A Fable for Supermen]]'', his most pessimistic work.
* ''[[The Twits]]''
* ''[[The Twits]]''
* ''[[The Witches]]''
* ''[[The Witches]]''


...but he has written many, many, many more, perhaps most notably ''Going Solo'', a non-fiction book about his experiences as an RAF fighter pilot in WWII (Oh, and he wrote the screenplay to ''[[You Only Live Twice]]'' and ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'', too, both adaptations of books by his good friend Ian Fleming).
...but he has written many, many, many more, perhaps most notably ''Going Solo'', a non-fiction book about his experiences as an RAF fighter pilot in [[WWII]] (Oh, and he wrote the screenplay to ''[[You Only Live Twice]]'' and ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'', too, both adaptations of books by his good friend [[Ian Fleming]]).


He also wrote various collections of fiction for adults, most of which had a lot of similarly black humour, and most of which was quite disturbing. Let's just say, before he was known as a master of children's stories, he was known as "The Master of the Macabre", and it shows. A lot. Many of these stories have been adapted into ''[[Tales of the Unexpected]]''.
He also wrote various collections of fiction for adults, most of which had a lot of similarly black humour, and most of which was quite disturbing. Let's just say, before he was known as a master of children's stories, he was known as "The Master of the Macabre", and it shows. A lot. Many of these stories have been adapted into ''[[Tales of the Unexpected]]''.
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