By: Kaeli, Matt, and Blaise

– A famous children's book writer

– Born on September 13, 1916 in Llandaff, Wales

– He married Patrica Neil

– Got divorced and then married Feilicity Ann Crossland

– Didn’t attend college

• He had five children named Olivia, Tessa, Theo, Ophelia and Lucy.

• Olivia died at the age of seven because of the measles.

• Quentin Blake illustrated almost every book he wrote.

• He and Roald Dahl worked together from 1975 to when Roald died in 1990.

–written a lot of books

–one of his most popular is Charlie and the chocolate factory which was made into a major motion picture.

• In 1954 he won the Edgar Allen Poe award and Mystery Writers of America award.

• In 1959 he Won his second Edgar Allan Poe Award and second Mystery Writers of America Award.

• In 1983 he Won New York Times Outstanding Book Award, Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and Whitbread Award.

• James And The Giant Peach

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

• The Witches

• Matilda

• Danny The Champion of the World

• The BFG

• Fantastic Mr. Fox

• Unfortunately Roald Dahl died November 23, 1990.

• Now we celebrate Roald Dahl day on Roald Dahl’s birthday September 13