Dahl was born at
John Radcliffe Hospital in
Oxford. She has been married twice. She married first, in 1987, David Michael Faircloth, with whom she has two daughters,
Phoebe Dahl (born 4 November 1988) and Chloe Michaela Dahl (born 12 September 1990). The couple divorced on 29 December 1992. Dahl's second marriage was in 2002, to John LaViolette. They divorced in 2016. ==References==