Editing Sophie Dahl (section)

==Writing career==
In 2003, Dahl published her first book, an illustrated [[novella]] and Times bestseller, ''The Man with the Dancing Eyes'' ([[Bloomsbury Publishing]]).<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/feb/01/familyandrelationships.fashion "Soft-shoe shuffle"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702202102/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/feb/01/familyandrelationships.fashion |date=2 July 2019 }},  Hadley Freeman ''The Guardian'', 1 February 2003, accessed 23 November 2020.</ref> From 2005, she was a contributing editor and regular columnist at ''Men's Vogue'', until its closure in 2008. Her next books were ''Playing with the Grown-Ups'' (2007)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/playing-with-the-grownups-by-sophie-dahl-400486.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/playing-with-the-grownups-by-sophie-dahl-400486.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Playing with the Grown ups, by Sophie Dahl | first=Katy | last=Guest | date=16 November 2007 | newspaper=The Independent | access-date=5 February 2018 }}</ref> and two cook books, ''Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights'' (2009)<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/chefs/sophie_dahl "Sophie Dahl"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703021828/https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/chefs/sophie_dahl |date=3 July 2019 }}, BBC, accessed 2 February 2019.</ref> and ''From Season To Season'' (2011).<ref>[https://www.waterstones.com/book/from-season-to-season/sophie-dahl/9780007340514"''From Season to Season: A Year in Recipes (Hardback)''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130235353/https://www.waterstones.com/book/from-season-to-season/sophie-dahl/9780007340514 |date=30 November 2020 }}, ''Waterstones'', accessed 23 November 2020</ref> She was a contributor to an anthology, ''Truth or Dare'', edited by Justine Picardie, which included works by [[Zoë Heller]] and [[William Fiennes (author)|William Fiennes]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oam6hCeW2mYC&dq=Truth+or+Dare+Justine+Picardie+sophie+dahl&pg=PP1 "Truth or Dare: The First Boy I Loved"], pp. 105–117.</ref> She also provided introductions to the Puffin Classic new edition of ''[[The Secret Garden]]'' by [[Frances Hodgson Burnett]],<ref>[https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/595/59519/the-secret-garden/9780141321066.html "The Secret Garden"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031232707/https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/59519/the-secret-garden-by-frances-hodgson-burnett-intro--sophie-dahl/9780141321066 |date=31 October 2022 }}, ''Penguin Books'', accessed 23 November 2020.</ref> and the [[Virago Press]] re-issue of [[Stella Gibbons]]' 1938 novel ''Nightingale Wood'' – both released in April 2009 – and Nancy Mitford's ''Don't Tell Alfred'', reissued by Penguin in March 2010.<ref>[https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/381/3814/don-t-tell-alfred/9780241974704.html "Don't Tell Alfred"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201001913/https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/381/3814/don-t-tell-alfred/9780241974704.html |date=1 December 2020 }}, ''Penguin Books'', accessed 23 November 2020.</ref>

In March and April 2010, a six-part cookery series, "The Delicious Miss Dahl", which Dahl wrote and presented, was broadcast on [[BBC 2]]. She wrote and presented a social history documentary about the Victorian cook [[Isabella Beeton]], which was transmitted on BBC 2 on 29 September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0152d7l |title=Two Programmes - The Marvellous Mrs Beeton, with Sophie Dahl |publisher=BBC |date=29 September 2011 |access-date=25 October 2011}}</ref>

Dahl was a contributing editor at British magazine ''[[British Vogue|Vogue]]'' for a decade, writing about subjects from cultural identity and the journey of refugees to Britain<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atthekitchentable.com/the-long-way-home/ |title=The Long Way Home |publisher=At the Kitchen Table |access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref> to the Proustian response to scent, winning a Jasmine Award for her column.<ref>[http://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/2013/03/07/vogue-francesca-segal-celebrated-at-jasmine-awards "''Vogue'' Celebrated at Jasmine Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004154/http://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/2013/03/07/vogue-francesca-segal-celebrated-at-jasmine-awards |date=4 March 2016 }}, ''Vogue magazine'', 7 March 2013, accessed 26 November 2013.</ref> She is a contributing editor at [[Condé Nast Traveller]], and has written essays for amongst others, ''The Guardian'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/13/my-grandfather-cast-a-spell-over-my-childhood |title=My grandfather Roald Dahl, the magician |newspaper=The Guardian |date=13 September 2016 |access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref> the American edition of ''Vogue'', ''The Observer''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2036683_2036477_2036483,00.html |title=Fond Farewells – Patricia Neal |magazine=Time |access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref> and ''The New York Times Magazine''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-mudlarking.html |title=Letter of Recommendation: Mudlarking |magazine=The New York Times Magazine |date=1 April 2020}}</ref>

It was announced in the ''Bookseller'' in 2019 that Dahl had been signed to a four-book deal with [[Walker Books]]. The first of these, ''Madame Badobedah'', a children's picture book illustrated by Lauren O'Hara, was published in October 2019 and received a number of nominations and awards including  a nomination for a [[Kate Greenaway Medal]]. It received a [[Parents' Choice Award|Parents' Choice]] Gold Award, and was selected as a 2019 Best Children’s Book by both the Guardian and The Sunday Times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/author/Sophie-Dahl/gd/Sophie-Dahl.html |title=Books By Sophie Dahl - Author |publisher=Love Reading 4 Kids |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/154566.CILIP_Kate_Greenaway_Medal_Nominated_Titles_2021 |title=CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Nominated Titles 2021 |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref><ref>[https://www.walker.co.uk/Madame-Badobedah-9781406384406.aspx "Madame Badobedah"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513204630/https://www.walker.co.uk/Madame-Badobedah-9781406384406.aspx |date=13 May 2020 }}, ''Walker Books'', accessed 12 May 2020.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/sunday-times-best-children-books-of-the-year-2019-bbrgj0zw8 |title=The Sunday Times best children's books of the year 2019 |newspaper=Telegraph |date=1 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/15/the-best-childrens-books-of-2019-for-all-ages |title=The best children's books of 2019 for all ages |newspaper=Guardian |date=15 December 2019}}</ref> Dahl's second book with Walker, ''The Worst Sleepover in the World'', illustrated by [[Luciano Lozano]], was published in October 2021.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CPSgnzAgqQc/ "I'm pleased as punch..."], @mssophiedahl, Instagram, 25 May 2021</ref>

Her seventh book, and third children's book, ''Madame Badobedah and The Old Bones'', was published by Walker Books in October 2023.

In 2020, Dahl became a monthly columnist and contributing editor at ''[[House & Garden (magazine)|House & Garden]]'' magazine.<ref>[https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/profile/sophie-dahl "Sophie Dahl"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212215605/https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/profile/sophie-dahl |date=12 February 2021 }}, ''House & Garden'', accessed 10 February 2021.</ref>