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Quentin Saxby Blake, CBE, FCSD, RDI, is an English cartoonist, illustrator and children's author, well known for his collaborations with writer Roald Dahl.

Education
Blake was educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School. His English teacher, JH Walsh, influenced his ambition to become involved in literature. His first published drawing was for the satirical magazine Punch, at the age of 16. He read English Literature at Downing College, Cambridge , received his postgraduate teaching diploma from the University of London, and later studied at the Chelsea School of Art. He gained another teaching diploma at the Institute of Education before working at the Royal College of Art.

Career
Blake gained a reputation as a reliable and humorous illustrator of over 300 children's books. As well as illustrating the books of others, including Roald Dahl and Elizabeth Bowen, Blake has written numerous books of his own. As of 2006, he has participated in the writing and/or illustrating of 323 books . He taught at the Royal College of Art for over twenty years, and was head of the Illustration department from 1978 to 1986. He recently illustrated David Walliams's debut book, The Boy in the Dress and his more recent book Mr Stink.

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Quentin Blake

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Books from Quentin Blake

Matilda

The BFG

James and the Giant Peach

The Witches

The Twits

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

George's Marvellous Medicine

Boy: Tales of Childhood

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Mr Stink

The Boy in the Dress

The Vicar of Nibbleswicke

Boy and Going Solo

Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes

Michael Rosen's Sad Book

Mister Magnolia

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

D Is for Dahl: A Gloriumptious A-Z Guide to the World of Roald Dahl

Arabel's Raven