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C.G. Salamander
C.G. Salamander
Born	Andrew Prashanth
Period	Contemporary
Notable works	Ramya’s Snack box (2016) ; Frank Goes to the Market (2017) ; Puu (2018) ; Yamini and the 7PM Ghosts (2020) ; Moo Dunnit (2020)
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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]

References

^ "C.G. Salamander". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ ^a ^b Salamander, C.G. (2020). Moodunnit. India: Duckbill. ISBN 978-0143451716.
^ ^a ^b Krithika, R. (2020-04-17). "A hook into reading". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ Salamander, C.G. (2018). Puu. India: Scholastic. ISBN 978-9352755608.
^ ^a ^b Salamander, C.G. (2020). Yamini and the 7 P.M. Ghosts. India: Scholastic India. ISBN 978-9389823691.
^ ^a ^b Salamander, C.G. (2017). Frank Goes To The Market. MsMoochie. ISBN 978-9385290190.
^ ^a ^b Salamander, C.G. (2017). City of Rubble. MsMoochie. ISBN 978-9385290237.
^ ^a ^b "Andrew Prashanth | India Foundation for the Arts". indiaifa.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ ^a ^b Datta, Sravasti (2015-04-21). "Exploring comic fantasy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ ^a ^b NANDI, DEBANJOLI (2019-04-24). "Children's book puts focus on manual scavenging". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ "Blurring boundaries". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ "15 projects that cast a fresh look at gender and art during the pandemic". Mintlounge. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ "Gender Bender 2020 takes on topics like toxic masculinity, queer Muslims artists and Bangla oral traditions". www.indulgexpress.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ "Russian supply ship lifts off to International Space Station". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ "Science fiction to biographies: 2019 Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize is a mixed bag". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ "Book Completion Fellowship". Dr TMA Pai Chair in Indian Literature. 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ "C.G. Salamander discusses the relevance of comic journalism in talk". The Manipal Journal. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ ^a ^b "Puu, a children's book on manual scavenging, was born of 'anger'". The Indian Express. 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ Salamander, C.G. (2016). Tara's Elephant. MsMoochie. ISBN 978-9385290091.
^ Salamander, C.G. (2016). Ramya's Snack Box. MsMoochie. ISBN 978-9385290107.
^ S, Gowri (2019-04-23). "This children's book weaves a story around manual scavenging". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[1] "C.G. Salamander". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[:0-2] Salamander, C.G. (2020). Moodunnit. India: Duckbill. ISBN 978-0143451716.

[:1-3] Krithika, R. (2020-04-17). "A hook into reading". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[4] Salamander, C.G. (2018). Puu. India: Scholastic. ISBN 978-9352755608.

[:2-5] Salamander, C.G. (2020). Yamini and the 7 P.M. Ghosts. India: Scholastic India. ISBN 978-9389823691.

[:3-6] Salamander, C.G. (2017). Frank Goes To The Market. MsMoochie. ISBN 978-9385290190.

[:4-7] Salamander, C.G. (2017). City of Rubble. MsMoochie. ISBN 978-9385290237.

[indiaifa.org-8] "Andrew Prashanth | India Foundation for the Arts". indiaifa.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[Datta-9] Datta, Sravasti (2015-04-21). "Exploring comic fantasy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[NANDI-10] NANDI, DEBANJOLI (2019-04-24). "Children's book puts focus on manual scavenging". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[11] "Blurring boundaries". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[12] "15 projects that cast a fresh look at gender and art during the pandemic". Mintlounge. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[13] "Gender Bender 2020 takes on topics like toxic masculinity, queer Muslims artists and Bangla oral traditions". www.indulgexpress.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[14] "Russian supply ship lifts off to International Space Station". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[15] "Science fiction to biographies: 2019 Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize is a mixed bag". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[16] "Book Completion Fellowship". Dr TMA Pai Chair in Indian Literature. 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[17] "C.G. Salamander discusses the relevance of comic journalism in talk". The Manipal Journal. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[indianexpress.com-18] "Puu, a children's book on manual scavenging, was born of 'anger'". The Indian Express. 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[19] Salamander, C.G. (2016). Tara's Elephant. MsMoochie. ISBN 978-9385290091.

[20] Salamander, C.G. (2016). Ramya's Snack Box. MsMoochie. ISBN 978-9385290107.

[21] S, Gowri (2019-04-23). "This children's book weaves a story around manual scavenging". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

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+{{Orphan|date=March 2021}}
-C.G. Salamander is writer, editor and comic journalist. He has been published by publishers such as [[Penguin Books]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=C.G. Salamander|url=https://penguin.co.in/book_author/c-g-salamander/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Penguin Random House India|language=en-US}}</ref>, [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] India and [[Pratham|Pratham Books]]. Some of the books written by him are ''Moodunnit''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=Moodunnit|publisher=[[Duckbill]]|year=2020|isbn=978-0143451716|location=India}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Krithika|first=R.|date=2020-04-17|title=A hook into reading|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/duckbills-new-series-hook-books-wants-to-help-kids-get-hooked-to-reading/article31364343.ece|access-date=2021-03-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>, ''Puu''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=Puu|publisher=[[Scholastic]]|year=2018|isbn=978-9352755608|location=India}}</ref>, ''Yamini and the 7 PM Ghosts''<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=Yamini and the 7 P.M. Ghosts|publisher=[[Scholastic India]]|year=2020|isbn=978-9389823691|location=India}}</ref>, ''Frank Goes to the Market<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=Frank Goes To The Market|publisher=[[MsMoochie]]|year=2017|isbn=978-9385290190}}</ref>'' and ''City of Rubble<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=City of Rubble|publisher=[[MsMoochie]]|year=2017|isbn=978-9385290237}}</ref>''.
+{{Infobox writer
-== Early Life ==
+| name = C.G. Salamander
-C.G. Salamander is the [[Pen name|pen-name]] of Andrew Prashanth<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrew Prashanth {{!}} India Foundation for the Arts|url=https://indiaifa.org/grants-projects/andrew-prashanth.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=indiaifa.org}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Datta|first=Sravasti|date=2015-04-21|title=Exploring comic fantasy|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/events/exploring-comic-fantasy/article7126274.ece|access-date=2021-03-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=NANDI|first=DEBANJOLI|date=2019-04-24|title=Children’s book puts focus on manual scavenging|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/240419/childrens-book-puts-focus-on-manual-scavenging.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>
+| birth_name = Andrew Prashanth
+| notable_works = ''Ramya’s Snack box'' (2016) <br>''Frank Goes to the Market'' (2017) <br>''Puu'' (2018) <br> ''Yamini and the 7PM Ghosts'' (2020) <br>''Moo Dunnit'' (2020)
+| period = Contemporary
+| website = {{URL|https://cgsalamander.com/}}
+}}
+'''C.G. Salamander''' is a writer, editor and comic journalist. He has been published by publishers such as [[Penguin Books]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=C.G. Salamander|url=https://penguin.co.in/book_author/c-g-salamander/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Penguin Random House India|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic India]], and [[Pratham|Pratham Books]]. Some of the books written by him are ''Moodunnit'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=Moodunnit|publisher=[[Duckbill (publisher)|Duckbill]] |year=2020|isbn=978-0143451716|location=India}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Krithika|first=R.|date=2020-04-17|title=A hook into reading|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/duckbills-new-series-hook-books-wants-to-help-kids-get-hooked-to-reading/article31364343.ece|access-date=2021-03-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> ''Puu'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=Puu|publisher=[[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]]|year=2018|isbn=978-9352755608|location=India}}</ref> ''Yamini and the 7 PM Ghosts'',<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=Yamini and the 7 P.M. Ghosts|publisher=[[Scholastic India]]|year=2020|isbn=978-9389823691|location=India}}</ref> ''Frank Goes to the Market'',<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=Frank Goes To The Market|publisher=[[MsMoochie]]|year=2017|isbn=978-9385290190}}</ref> and ''City of Rubble''.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=City of Rubble|publisher=[[MsMoochie]]|year=2017|isbn=978-9385290237}}</ref>
-== Awards and Recognition ==
-C G Salamander had received several grants and awards for his writing. Some of them include:
+== Early life ==
+C.G. Salamander is the [[Pen name|pen-name]] of Andrew Prashanth<ref name="indiaifa.org">{{Cite web|title=Andrew Prashanth {{!}} India Foundation for the Arts|url=https://indiaifa.org/grants-projects/andrew-prashanth.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=indiaifa.org}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Datta">{{Cite news|last=Datta|first=Sravasti|date=2015-04-21|title=Exploring comic fantasy|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/events/exploring-comic-fantasy/article7126274.ece|access-date=2021-03-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="NANDI">{{Cite web|last=NANDI|first=DEBANJOLI|date=2019-04-24|title=Children's book puts focus on manual scavenging|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/240419/childrens-book-puts-focus-on-manual-scavenging.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>
+== 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)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blurring boundaries|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2020/dec/06/blurring-boundaries-2232678.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-03|title=15 projects that cast a fresh look at gender and art during the pandemic|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//relationships/it-s-complicated/15-projects-that-cast-a-fresh-look-on-gender-and-art-during-the-pandemic-111606993875503.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Mintlounge|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gender Bender 2020 takes on topics like toxic masculinity, queer Muslims artists and Bangla oral traditions|url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/art/2020/dec/03/gender-bender-2020-takes-on-topics-liketoxic-masculinity-queer-muslims-artists-andbangla-oral-tra-30006.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=www.indulgexpress.com|language=en}}</ref>
-* India Foundation for Arts IFA 25x25 Grant (September, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrew Prashanth {{!}} India Foundation for the Arts|url=https://indiaifa.org/grants-projects/andrew-prashanth.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=indiaifa.org}}</ref>
+* India Foundation for Arts IFA 25x25 Grant (September, 2020)<ref name="indiaifa.org"/>
-* Oxford Bookstore, Book Cover Prize, Shortlist (January, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russian supply ship lifts off to International Space Station|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/russian-supply-ship-lifts-off-to-international-space-station/1679316|access-date=2021-03-05|website=https://www.outlookindia.com/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=World|first=Republic|title=Science fiction to biographies: 2019 Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize is a mixed bag|url=https://www.republicworld.com/lifestyle/books/science-fiction-to-biographies2019-oxford-bookstore-book-cover-prize.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Republic World|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=India|first=Press Trust of|date=2019-12-06|title=Science fiction to biographies: 2019 Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize is a mixed bag|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/science-fiction-to-biographies-2019-oxford-bookstore-book-cover-prize-is-a-mixed-bag-119120600835_1.html|access-date=2021-03-05}}</ref>
+* Oxford Bookstore, Book Cover Prize, Shortlist (January, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russian supply ship lifts off to International Space Station|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/russian-supply-ship-lifts-off-to-international-space-station/1679316|access-date=2021-03-05|website=www.outlookindia.com/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2019-12-06|title=Science fiction to biographies: 2019 Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize is a mixed bag|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/science-fiction-to-biographies-2019-oxford-bookstore-book-cover-prize-is-a-mixed-bag-119120600835_1.html|access-date=2021-03-05}}</ref>
 * Manipal Book Completion Fellowship (March, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-09|title=Book Completion Fellowship|url=https://litchairmanipal.wordpress.com/portfolio/book-completion-fellowship/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Dr TMA Pai Chair in Indian Literature|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-29|title=C.G. Salamander discusses the relevance of comic journalism in talk|url=https://themanipaljournal.com/2018/03/29/c-g-salamander-discusses-the-relevance-of-comic-journalism-in-talk/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=The Manipal Journal|language=en}}</ref>
-* Children Understand More, Goethe Institute (December, 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|last=NANDI|first=DEBANJOLI|date=2019-04-24|title=Children’s book puts focus on manual scavenging|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/240419/childrens-book-puts-focus-on-manual-scavenging.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-19|title=Puu, a children’s book on manual scavenging, was born of ‘anger’|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/parenting/learning/puu-picture-book-manual-scavenging-children-5444298/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
+* Children Understand More, Goethe Institute (December, 2016)<ref name="NANDI"/><ref name="indianexpress.com">{{Cite web|date=2018-11-19|title=Puu, a children's book on manual scavenging, was born of 'anger'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/parenting/learning/puu-picture-book-manual-scavenging-children-5444298/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
 == Bibliography ==
 === Books ===
+* ''Palms Foster Home for Peculiar Stories'' (2015) ''-'' Self Published. Cover Illustration by Sandhya Prabhat.<ref name="Datta"/>
-* ''Palms Foster Home for Peculiar Stories'' (2015) ''-'' Self Published. Cover Illustration by Sandhya Prabhat.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Datta|first=Sravasti|date=2015-04-21|title=Exploring comic fantasy|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/events/exploring-comic-fantasy/article7126274.ece|access-date=2021-03-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
 * ''Tara’s Elephant'' (2016) - MsMoochie, India. Illustrated by Satwik Gade.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=Tara's Elephant|publisher=[[MsMoochie]]|year=2016|isbn=978-9385290091}}</ref>
 * ''Ramya’s Snack box'' (2016) - MsMoochie, India. Illustrated by Chetan sharma.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Salamander|first=C.G.|title=Ramya's Snack Box|publisher=[[MsMoochie]]|year=2016|isbn=978-9385290107}}</ref>
 * ''City of Rubble'' (2017) - MsMoochie, India. Illustrated by Sahitya Rani.<ref name=":4" />
 * ''Frank Goes to the Market'' (August 2017, Ms Moochi). Illustrated by Chetan Sharma.<ref name=":3" />
-* ''Puu'' (2018) - Scholastic India. Illustrated by Samidha Gunjal.<ref>{{Cite news|last=S|first=Gowri|date=2019-04-23|title=This children’s book weaves a story around manual scavenging|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/childrens-book-about-manual-scavenging/article26922711.ece|access-date=2021-03-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-19|title=Puu, a children’s book on manual scavenging, was born of ‘anger’|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/parenting/learning/puu-picture-book-manual-scavenging-children-5444298/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
+* ''Puu'' (2018) - Scholastic India. Illustrated by Samidha Gunjal.<ref>{{Cite news|last=S|first=Gowri|date=2019-04-23|title=This children's book weaves a story around manual scavenging|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/childrens-book-about-manual-scavenging/article26922711.ece|access-date=2021-03-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="indianexpress.com"/>
 * ''Yamini and the 7 PM Ghosts'' - Scholastic India. Illustrated by Sahitya Rani.<ref name=":2" />
 * ''Moodunnit'' - Duckbill India. Illustrated by Anindri C.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
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+[[Category:Indian writers]]
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