Contact Salil - salil.des@gmail.com
Salil Desai is an author, columnist and film-maker based in Pune. The Kid Killer is the 5th book
of his much-acclaimed Inspector Saralkar Mystery Series, on the heels of Murder Milestone (2020),
3 and a Half Murders (2017), The Murder of Sonia Raikkonen (2015) and Killing Ashish Karve (2014).
The Inspector Saralkar Mystery series is currently being adapted into a web series by Jio Studios.
Titled 'Kalsutra', the first season of the web-series is based on 'Murder Milestone'
and is due for release in 2023. Salil is also the lead writer of the screenplay of 'Kalsutra'.
Salil’s other popular books are Murder on a Side Street (2011), Lost Libido and Other Gulp Fiction (2012),
as well as The Sane Psychopath (2018).
Over the years, Salil’s books have received good reviews in The Hindu, New Indian Express, The Pioneer, Bangalore Mirror, DNA, First City, The Tribune etc. His work has been praised by veteran authors Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Shobhaa De and film-makers Sriram Raghavan and Sujoy Ghosh.
An alumnus of Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), Salil also conducts intensive workshops in creative fiction writing, story and scenario design, screenplay writing and film-making at leading liberal arts institutions and media & communication colleges across India.
Salil was also one of the 4 international authors worldwide selected for the HALD International Writers’ Residency in Denmark, hosted by the Danish Centre for Writers & Translators in June 2016. He was also invited to Gullkistan Centre for Creativity, Iceland and spent the month of June 2023 there as a Resident.
Salil was delighted to be invited to Gullkistan Centre for Creativity, Iceland for a four week residency and spent June 2023 at this tranquil retreat, writing and meeting authors from Iceland and other parts of the world.
Salil was also one of the 4 international authors worldwide selected for the HALD International Writers’ Residency in Denmark,
hosted by the Danish Centre for Writers & Translators in June 2016.
National Institute of Design (NID), Bangalore September 2018
National Institute of Design (NID), Kurukshetra August 2018
WRITER’S MANTRA – DJ Academy of Design, Coimbatore, Dec. 2017
