Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian, and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Matilda , James and the Giant Peach , The BFG , and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World's No. 1 Storyteller. Find out more at RoaldDahl.com. Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favorite illustrator. In 1980, he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal.

In 1999, he became the first ever Children's Laureate, and in 2013, he was knighted for his services to illustration.