Who am I? (just for fun)

[JulieSherris]

Are you a writer?

[Graye]

Male? Yes
Alive? No
fictional? No
heterosexual? Yes
in Showbiz? No
Alive during 20th century? Yes
Involved in science? No
In the military? Yes, but not his main claim to fame
Winston Churchill? No
Spike Milligan? No
A Sportsperson? No
Royalty? No
Politics? No
Are you a writer? Yes

[JulieSherris]

Did you write novels?

[Graye]

Male? Yes
Alive? No
fictional? No
heterosexual? Yes
in Showbiz? No
Alive during 20th century? Yes
Involved in science? No
In the military? Yes, but not his main claim to fame
Winston Churchill? No
Spike Milligan? No
A Sportsperson? No
Royalty? No
Politics? No
Are you a writer? Yes
Do you write novels? Yes

[Graye]

Male? Yes
Alive? No
fictional? No
heterosexual? Yes
in Showbiz? No
Alive during 20th century? Yes
Involved in science? No
In the military? Yes, but not his main claim to fame
Winston Churchill? No
Spike Milligan? No
A Sportsperson? No
Royalty? No
Politics? No
Are you a writer? Yes
Do you write novels? Yes. I'll expand on that one! Sometimes...

[JulieSherris]

Were some of these novels adapted for TV?

[sleepyowl]

British

[Graye]

Male? Yes
Alive? No
fictional? No
heterosexual? Yes
in Showbiz? No
Alive during 20th century? Yes
Involved in science? No
In the military? Yes, but not his main claim to fame
Winston Churchill? No
Spike Milligan? No
A Sportsperson? No
Royalty? No
Politics? No
Are you a writer? Yes
Do you write novels? Yes. I'll expand on that one! Sometimes...
Were some of these novels adapted for TV? One of them, many years ago.

[becks77]

Could you be Rudyard Kipling?

[Graye]

Male? Yes
Alive? No
fictional? No
heterosexual? Yes
in Showbiz? No
Alive during 20th century? Yes
Involved in science? No
In the military? Yes, but not his main claim to fame
Winston Churchill? No
Spike Milligan? No
A Sportsperson? No
Royalty? No
Politics? No
Are you a writer? Yes
Do you write novels? Yes. I'll expand on that one! Sometimes...
Were some of these novels adapted for TV? One of them, many years ago.
British? Yes, but born overseas
Could you be Rudyard Kipling? No


Come on, 2 tries left so I'm being generous here!! I'll give you a clue, he was 46 when he died...

[Millymollymandy]

Did you write non fiction books as well?

[becks77]

Roald Dahl?

[Graye]

Male? Yes
Alive? No
fictional? No
heterosexual? Yes
in Showbiz? No
Alive during 20th century? Yes
Involved in science? No
In the military? Yes, but not his main claim to fame
Winston Churchill? No
Spike Milligan? No
A Sportsperson? No
Royalty? No
Politics? No
Are you a writer? Yes
Do you write novels? Yes. I'll expand on that one! Sometimes...
Were some of these novels adapted for TV? One of them, many years ago.
British? Yes, but born overseas
Could you be Rudyard Kipling? No
Did you write non fiction books as well? Yes
Roald Dahl? No

I'll give you a clue, he was 46 when he died...

OK, we got to 20 clues. I think I'll have to take an executive decision (I thought I had left those behind when I retired but hey it's like riding a bike after all...) and increase the clue limit to 25.

[JulieSherris]

Eric Arthur Blair..... AKA, George Orwell!!

[Graye]

Oh well done, Julie!!

Over to you...