Roald Dahl and Me
Luke Kelly, the grandson of children’s author Roald Dahl, on his favorite young adult fictions from childhood and now. His new children’s book, with illustrator Yoko Tanaka, is Blanket and Bear, a Remarkable Pair.
L.J.R. Kelly (Luke Kelly) was born in London, England. He studied at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, and Dartmouth College, U.S. In addition to pursuing his own writing career, he is also the vice-chairman of the literary estate of his grandfather, Roald Dahl. In this role, he manages the day-to-day familial oversight of Dahl books and their offshoots. He lives and writes in a cabin in the hills of New Hampshire. Blanket and Bear; a Remarkable Pair is his first of three picture books due to be published by Putnam. Please visit him atwww.ljrkelly.com.