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== Early life and education == Dahl was born in London in 1977 to the actor [[Julian Holloway]] and the writer [[Tessa Dahl]], who were unmarried.<ref name="TelegraphGarnett">{{cite news |last1=Garnett |first1=Daisy |title=A fairytale life |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3589119/A-fairytale-life.html |access-date=15 December 2022 |work=The Telegraph |date=28 January 2003}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Dahl's parents separated shortly after her birth.<ref name="Scott2019Times">{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Interview by Danny |title=A Life in the Day interview: Sophie Dahl on dark times and domestic bliss |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/a-life-in-the-day-interview-sophie-dahl-on-dark-times-and-domestic-bliss-9vk8v87pv |access-date=15 December 2022 |date=24 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Through her mother, Dahl has three half-siblings.<ref name="TelegraphGarnett"/> As a child, Sophie frequently spent time at both her maternal and paternal grandparents' houses in [[Great Missenden]], Buckinghamshire, and [[East Preston, West Sussex|East Preston]], West Sussex, respectively.<ref>[https://www.roalddahl.com/museum "Visiting the Roald Dahl Museum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127092801/http://roalddahlmuseum.org/visiting/default.aspx |date=27 November 2013 }}, Roald Dahl Museum.org, accessed 26 November 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.scotsman.com/news/interview-sophie-dahl-model-and-tv-presenter-1-474815 "Sophie Dahl, model and TV presenter"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235021/http://www.scotsman.com/news/interview-sophie-dahl-model-and-tv-presenter-1-474815 |date=2 December 2013 }}, ''The Scotsman'' (magazine), 20 March 2010, accessed 26 November 2013.</ref> Dahl has noted that her childhood was "an odd one, but with such magic".<ref name="GUARDIAN1" /> Dahl attended 10 schools and lived in 17 homes in various locations including London, New York, and India.<ref name="GUARDIAN1">[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/oct/19/biography.fiction "'I'm a bit of a dork"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721221610/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/oct/19/biography.fiction |date=21 July 2018 }}, ''The Guardian'' (online edition), 19 October 2007, accessed 26 November 2013</ref>
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