Artist Profile

Quentin Blake

Born in Kent in 1932, Quentin Blake is an artist, writer and illustrator who has worked on more than 300 books and won numerous awards, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration and the Kate Greenaway Medal. He is perhaps most famous for his long and fruitful collaboration with Roald Dahl, whose children’s books he illustrated from 1975 until Dahl’s death in 1990. In 1999, Blake was appointed the first Children’s Laureate and he is a patron of the Association of Illustrators.


Photography © Linda Kitson (2010)

Illustrated by Quentin Blake

The Roald Dahl Collection

Step into a world of pure imagination with The Roald Dahl Collection from The Folio Society. Delight in nine gloriumptious tales, from Matilda to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, each book popping with Quentin Blake’s whimsical illustrations. A phizz-whizzing must-have for Dahl fans and dreamers alike.

The Roald Dahl Collection (Set 1)

Grab your golden ticket for three of Roald Dahl’s finest fizz-whizzing adventures – James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Twits – in this splendiferous new Folio Society set, featuring Quentin Blake’s iconic black-and-white illustrations and the classic texts.

The Roald Dahl Collection (Set 2)

Discover the fantastical worlds of The BFG, The Witches and Matilda in the second whizzpopping Folio Society set of much-loved Roald Dahl stories, featuring Quentin Blake’s iconic black-and-white illustrations and the classic texts.

The Roald Dahl Collection (Set 3)

Discover three of Roald Dahl’s most memorable characters in this new Folio Society collection: Fantastic Mr Fox, Danny the Champion of the World and George’s Marvellous Medicine; all featuring Quentin Blake’s inimitable black-and-white illustrations and Dahl’s classic text.