Charlie and the chocolate factory is a children's book, that was written in 1964 by Roald Dahl. The book was illustrated by Quentin Blake. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin, 3 years later. The sequel of Charlie and the chocolate factory, Charlie and the great glass elevator, was written in 1971 and published in 1972. Roald Dahl had planned to write a third book, but he never finished it.