Possible Clues:

• Apt-sounding surname for a Barbie collector
• Creator of the Oompa-Loompas
• Roald who wrote "James and the Giant Peach"
• Indian dish for children's author
• "The BFG" author
• Children's author had tea with Orwell, finally
• Children’s author had to come up with line
• Author of ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' Roald
• Author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
• 'The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me' author, 1985