Ashok Rajagopalan

Ashok Rajagopalan (also known under the blogging pseudonym Kenny Wordsmith) is an Indian writer and artist for over 500 children's books. Rajagopalan has also worked as a graphic designer, freelance cartoonist, and has contributed to the children's magazines Impulse Hoot and Impulse Toot. He first began illustrating children's stories with a piece in the 1989 magazine Junior Quest. Before working in illustration Rajagopalan received a mechanical engineering diploma and worked as a marketing executive, but found that he disliked the experience. 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.

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:

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

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