Ashok Rajagopalan (also known under the blogging pseudonym Kenny Wordsmith) is an Indian writer and artist for over 500 children's books.[1] Rajagopalan has also worked as a graphic designer, freelance cartoonist, and has contributed to the children's magazines Impulse Hoot and Impulse Toot.[2] He first began illustrating children's stories with a piece in the 1989 magazine Junior Quest.[3] Before working in illustration Rajagopalan received a mechanical engineering diploma and worked as a marketing executive, but found that he disliked the experience.[4] In 2011 he participated in a Kickstarter campaign to fund a comic he was co-creating with the artist Asvin Srivatsangam entitled Neelakshi:The Quest for Amrit.[5]

Neelakshi:The Quest for Amrit will be published Yali Dream Creations by end of 2013.

He will be working on Yali Dream Creations' first novel with a tentative title 'Kandiva'.

Selected bibliography

Authored:[6]

  • Witchsnare - Penguin India
  • Iliad Retold - New Horizons
  • Odyssey Retold - New Horizons

Illustrated & Authored:

  • Sketch with Ashok Raj - a series of 3 books - Scholastic India
  • Gajapati Kulapati - Tulika Publishers
  • Gajapati Kulapati Kalabalooosh! - Tulika Publishers

Illustrated:

  • Eecha Poocha - Tulika Publishers
  • Andaman’s Boy - Tulika Publishers
  • Sunu sunu Snail - Storm in the Garden - Tulika Publishers
  • Birdywood Buzz - Tulika Publishers
  • That’s My Daddy - Scholastic India
  • Jataka Tales - Scholastic India
  • Marine Life - Scholastic India
  • The Runaway Peppercorn - – Tulika Publishers
  • Grandma’s Eyes - Tulika Publishers
  • Dosa - Tulika Publishers
  • A Silly Story of Bondapalli - Tulika Publishers
  • The Shining Stones - Tulika Publishers
  • Dancing Bees - Tulika Publishers
  • Thakitta Tharikitta Bouncing Ball - Tulika Publishers
  • 4 books in the Thumb Thumb Series - Tulika Publishers
  • Black Panther - Tulika Publishers
  • The Spider’s Web - Tulika Publishers
  • Gasa Gasa Para Para - Tulika Publishers
  • India’s Olympic Story - Tulika Publishers
  • Read Aloud Stories - Tulika Publishers

References

  1. ↑ "Comic books and graphic novels as much a piece of art as anything else". The Hindu. 26 July 2009. Archived from the original on 29 July 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Liffy (24 September 2010). "Keeping the child in him alive". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Vijay, Hema (11 August 2013). "Variety is the art of life". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Colours of innocence". The Hindu. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Neelakshi: The Quest for Amrit". Kickstarter. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "F-Page - Ashok Rajagopalan". PlusMinus'n'More. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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