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Quentin Blake

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Children's illustrator Sir Quentin Blake – BBC London News

 

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Quentin Blake on ‘Doing Things a Writer Can’t Do’

 

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Quentin Blake – Studio Visit | TateShots

 

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Quentin Blake draws a Hornswoggler

 

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Quentin Blake: more from the Isolation Art School

Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, CBE, FCSD, FRSL, RDI is an English cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer. He may be known best for illustrating books written by Roald Dahl. For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator he won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. From 1999 to 2001 he was the inaugural British Children's Laureate. He is a patron of the Association of Illustrators.