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, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World’ s No. 1 storyteller.
Sir Quentin Blake, the first-ever Children’ s Laureate of the United Kingdom, has illustrated nearly 300 books, including most of Roald Dahl’ s children’ s books. He lives in London.