Geoffrey Bles

Geoffrey Bles
Born
David Geoffrey Bles

5 September 1886
Chorley, Cheshire, England
Died3 April 1957(1957-04-03) (aged 70)
London, England
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
OccupationPublisher
Known forPublisher of the first five Narnia books
SpouseEvelyn Constance Halse

David Geoffrey Bles (5 September 1886 – 3 April 1957) was a British publisher, with a reputation for spotting new talent. He started his eponymous publishing firm in London in 1923 and published the first five books of C. S. Lewis' Narnia series.