ABOUT C G SALAMANDER

Portrait of C G Salamander

C G Salamander is a writer, comic journalist and publishing consultant who loves cows, manga, and Terry Prachett. His books, comics, and stories have been published by numerous publishers and his emergent reader picture books have sold over 30,000 copies.

Salamander is also a commissioning editor with close to a decade of work experience in publishing. He's the founding editor of Jellyfish Monthly, ex commissioning editor at Pratham Books, and has consulted for some of the country's largest publishers.

Editorial Experience:

  • Jellyfish Monthly (2016-present)
  • Pratham Books (January 2019 - July 2020)
  • Pearson Publication (December 2018 - June 2019)
  • Emesco Books (2014-2015)

Awards and Residencies:

  • Factchecker Comic Workshop, (Kochi Biennale, October 2020)
  • Gender Bender Grant, Sandbox Collective and the Goethe Institute (September, 2020)
  • India Foundation for Arts IFA 25x25 Grant (September, 2020)
  • Oxford Bookstore, Book Cover Prize, Shortlist (January, 2020)
  • Best of Indian Children’s Writing Award, Winner (February, 2019)
  • Peek a Book Award, Shortlist (November, 2018)
  • Manipal Book Completion Fellowship (March, 2018)
  • Children Understand More, Goethe Institute (December, 2016)
  • Ex-writer in Residence at ArtLAb (Viseu, Portugal, August-September 2015)
  • UEA Creative Writing Workshop (December 2014)

Publishing History:

Comics

  • Of Love and Concrete (Aug 2014, Manta Ray Comics)
  • Untitled (December 2014, Mantaray Comics)
  • Colonizing India in 10 Easy Steps (Aug 2015, Mint)
  • Tiger Warning (October 2015, LiveMint)
  • Santa Clones (December 2015, LiveMint)
  • Space Orphans (December 2015,Pulpocracy)
  • Mystery of the Woman in the Lake (Dec 2015, Gays)
  • Scavenger Hunt (January 2016, LiveMint)
  • Indian Witch Hunt (Feb 2016, Chimera Comics)
  • Of Love and Termites (Feb 2016, LiveMint)
  • Water Under the Bridge (March 2016, LiveMint)
  • Bringing Up the Bodies (May 2016, LiveMint)
  • Of Jallikattu and Picasso’s Bulls (July 2016, Mint)
  • Rabbits VS Robots (Aug 2016 to April 2017, JFM)
  • Gangs of Malaya (September 2016, LiveMint)
  • The Man with the Broken Leg (Oct 2016, LiveMint)
  • Madly in Love – Mix Tape Vol.3 (Nov 2016 Kokaachi)
  • The Map Maker (December 2016, Motherland)
  • The Incredible Acts of Thomas (Dec 2016, Mint)
  • Oil on Water (February 2017, LiveMint)
  • Jellyfisher (April 2017, LiveMint)
  • 84, Richmond Road (BGN Feb 2017, Syenagiri)
  • Maithili and the Minotaur (Jul 2017-Apr 2018 JFM)
  • Boy and the Tower (December 2017, Buzzfeed)
  • Breakfast for Nausea (Jan 2018, Indian Quarterly)
  • Shooter Dadi (May 2018, The Nib)
  • The Textbook (June 2018, Scholastic)
  • Sagar Pawan (February, 2019 Syenagiri)
  • Mahatma’s Journey (October, 2019)
  • Chasing Covid (April, 2020)
  • Blank Slate (May, 2020)
  • The Response (September, 2020)
  • Untitled Comic (Forthcoming, February 2020, Kochi Biennale)
  • Scavengers (Forthcoming, February 2020, GenderBender)
  • Untitled Comic (Forthcoming, February 2020, IFA)
  • Necrobaba (Forthcoming, February 2020, Syenagiri)

Books

  • The Human Paw (June 2015, Helter Skelter Vol. 4, Anthology)
  • A Series of Household Events (2015, Reading Hour, Anthology)
  • Palms Foster Home for Peculiar Stories (Mar 2015)
  • Tara’s Elephant (June 2016, Ms Mooci)
  • Ramya’s Snack box (June 2016, Ms Moochi)
  • City of Rubble (September 2016, Ms Moochi)
  • Frank’s Trip to the Market (August 2017, Ms Moochi)
  • Bounce (December 2017, Pratham Story Weaver)
  • Lakshmi Perumal’s New Label (2018, SpeakingTiger, Anthology)
  • A School for all Ages (June, Scholastic 2018, Anthology)
  • Manners in the Park (December 2018, Pratham Books)
  • Puu (December 2018, Scholastic)
  • Megan and the Mystery of the Moving Rock (December 2019, Pratham Books)
  • Megan and the Princess of Death (December 2019, Pratham Books)
  • Megan and the Bridge of Life (December 2019, Pratham Books)
  • Under the Microscope (January 2020, Pratham Books)
  • Arun in Ruins (June 2020, Pratham Books)
  • Yamini and the 7PM Ghosts (November 2020, Scholastic)
  • Moo Dunnit (November 2020, Duckbill Books)

Education

  • Gappu and Bobo Part 1 (September 2017)
  • Mangalyaan Mars Mission (April 2018)
  • Shakespeare's As you Like it (April 2018)
  • Florence Nightingale (April 2018)
  • Pride and Prejudice (April 2018)
  • Noor Inayat Khan (April 2018)
  • Gappu and Bobo Part 2 (September 2018)
  • The Invisible Man (April 2019)
  • Pinocchio (April 2019)
  • Frankenstein's Monster (April 2019)
  • Sohini and the Sound Collector (April 2019)
  • Human Teeth (April 2019)
  • What is the Matter (April 2019)
  • Edith Nesbit's Railway Children (April 2019)
  • Pied Piper of Hamelin (April 2019)
  • The Happy Prince (April 2019)
  • Neha and the Icky Sticky Muck Monster (June 2019)
  • To the Stars and Back (June 2019)
  • Mia Maharaja (June 2019)
  • Workbook for Edubot (June 2019)
  • Eureka (June 2019)
  • Reema and the Magical Doors (June 2019)
  • Aalia and the Elephant (June 2019)
  • Neethi and the Three Bears (June 2019)
  • Scouts Honour (June 2019)
  • Navin and the Villagers (June 2019)
  • Navin and the Neanderthals (June 2019)
  • Gappu and Bobo Part 3 (September 2019)
  • A School for Change (September 2020)
  • Hide and Seek (January 2021)
  • All About Me (January 2021)
  • An Interview with Water (June 2021)
  • An Interview with Earth (June 2021)
  • An Interview with Air (June 2021)
  • An Interview with Energy (June 2021)
  • An Interview with Space (June 2021)