text: This author wrote a story in which a hotel manager and taxidermist poisons Billy Weaver by placing cyanide in his tea.
full_question: This author wrote a story in which a hotel manager and taxidermist poisons Billy Weaver by placing cyanide in his tea. In a story by this writer, a housewife bludgeons her unfaithful husband to death using a cut of meat. This author of “The Landlady” and “Lamb to the Slaughter” hosted the British television series Tales of the Unexpected and wrote the screenplay for the film You Only Live Twice. For 10 points, name this author who also produced children’s books such as The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
first_sentence: This author wrote a story in which a hotel manager and taxidermist poisons Billy Weaver by placing cyanide in his tea.