C.G. Salamander is a writer, editor and comic journalist. He has been published by publishers such as Penguin Books,[1]Scholastic India, and Pratham Books. Some of the books written by him are Moodunnit,[2][3]Puu,[4]Yamini and the 7 PM Ghosts,[5]Frank Goes to the Market,[6] and City of Rubble.[7]
Early life
C.G. Salamander is the pen-name of Andrew Prashanth[8] who grew up in Chennai, India. He worked as a tour guide to save enough money to publish his first book, Palms Foster Home for Peculiar Stories, which he self published at age 24.[9][10]
Awards and recognition
C G Salamander has received several grants and awards for his writing. Some of them include:
Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Prize (December, 2022)
Gender Bender Grant, Sandbox Collective and the Goethe Institute (September, 2020)[11][12][13]
India Foundation for Arts IFA 25x25 Grant (September, 2020)[8]
Oxford Bookstore, Book Cover Prize, Shortlist (January, 2020)[14][15]
Manipal Book Completion Fellowship (March, 2018)[16][17]
Children Understand More, Goethe Institute (December, 2016)[10][18]
Bibliography
Books
Palms Foster Home for Peculiar Stories (2015) - Self Published. Cover Illustration by Sandhya Prabhat.[9]
Tara’s Elephant (2016) - MsMoochie, India. Illustrated by Satwik Gade.[19]
Ramya’s Snack box (2016) - MsMoochie, India. Illustrated by Chetan sharma.[20]
City of Rubble (2017) - MsMoochie, India. Illustrated by Sahitya Rani.[7]
Frank Goes to the Market (August 2017, Ms Moochi). Illustrated by Chetan Sharma.[6]
Puu (2018) - Scholastic India. Illustrated by Samidha Gunjal.[21][18]
Yamini and the 7 PM Ghosts - Scholastic India. Illustrated by Sahitya Rani.[5]
Moodunnit - Duckbill India. Illustrated by Anindri C.[2][3]
