Fantasy fiction & folklore!
If you ever needed proof that Roald Dahl was a total dude, here it is. In 1989, a seven-year-old named Amy wrote to the author to send him a present – in this case, a bottle containing a mixture of oil, coloured water and glitter; in other words, one of her dreams. Dahl could have totally ignored the reference to The BFG, but he didn’t, he chose to send back this charming letter.
You can now find Amy on Twitter here. Dahl, you were a true dude, sir.
Letter courtesy of Letters of Note.
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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!
This just shows you that every fan should be important to the writer and not ignored.
Fantastic. And to think, I’m in the middle of reading The BFG this very moment!