"A true genius ...Roald Dahl is my hero" - David Walliams Phizz-whizzing new branding for the worlds No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blakes inimitable artwork. Matildas parents have called her some terrible things, but the truth is shes a genius and theyre the stupid ones. Underestimating Matilda proves to be a big mistake as they, along with her spiteful headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, discover when Matilda uses her very special power to get the better of them. Roald Dahl, the best-loved of childrens writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head", sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved childrens illustrators and its impossible now to think of Roald Dahls writings without imagining Quentin Blakes illustrations.