Author Sophie Dahl’s first book, a novella titled The Man With the Dancing Eyes was published back in 2003. The granddaughter of author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal, Sophie has also had a successful career as a model with contracts with such fashion luminaries as Versace, Yves St. Laurent and Pringle.
Ms. Dahl has also done some acting, appearing in the films New York Stories and People I Know among others.
She talked to David Frost on November 2, 2007 on Frost Over the World about Playing With the Grown-ups. Sophie’s debut novel is due in American bookstores on April 8, 2008.