Andrew Prashanth (CG Salamander) : An Origin Story

The episode opens with Andrew talking about why he loves the comic book format and what creativity means to him. We talk about how he decided to become a writer. Andrew shares his early days of studying engineering and deciding to make the jump to writing. He talks about taking up the job of a tour guide and how that's helped his writing. He talks about why he decided on the pen name CG Salamander and his plans to write under his own name one day. He talks about his creative partnership with Rajiv Eipe and his hopes for taking his books to new media. We also talk about children's literature, comics, graphic novels and more! The episode ends with Andrew narrating excerpts from his book, 'Nisha Small: The Knot Of Gold'.

Andrew Prashanth, better known as CG Salamander is a an award winning writer, comic journalist and editor. He has written books like the Maithili And The Minotaur series, Nisha Small, Moodunnit and more. He is currently based in the Netherlands as a Commissioning Editor for Springer Nature Group, and has previously worked with Pratham Books, Pearson and the Jellyfish Monthly. Before all this, he studied engineering and worked as a tour guide with Story Trails. You can find him on Instagram @cgsalamander

Mentions: Manga, Terry Pratchett, Goosebumps, R.L.Stine, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Animax, K TV, Inuyasha, Fullmetal Alchemist, Cardcaptor Sakura, Detective School Q, Ranma 1/2, Death Note, One Piece, Tom And Jerry, George Orwell, Parry’s Corner, Armenian Church, Hachette, Helter Skelter, Shah Rukh Khan, Oprah, Notion Press, Pratham Books, Lincoln In The Bardo, George Saunders, Sangam Literature, Rajiv Eipe

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