Ashok Rajagopalan Explained

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

External links

• Interview with Saffron Tree
• Interview with PlusMinus'n'More

Notes and References

1. News: Comic books and graphic novels as much a piece of art as anything else. https://web.archive.org/web/20090729160635/http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/26/stories/2009072659210400.htm. dead. 29 July 2009. 22 September 2013. The Hindu. 26 July 2009.
2. News: Thomas. Liffy. Keeping the child in him alive. 22 September 2013. The Hindu. 24 September 2010.
3. News: Vijay. Hema. Variety is the art of life. 22 September 2013. Deccan Herald. 11 Aug 2013.
4. News: Colours of innocence. 22 September 2013. The Hindu. 25 July 2013.
5. Web site: Neelakshi: The Quest for Amrit. Kickstarter. 22 September 2013.
6. News: F-Page - Ashok Rajagopalan. 5 December 2014. PlusMinus'n'More.