Salik Shah is an entrepreneur, poet, writer, editor and publisher based out of New Delhi, India. He is the founding editor and publisher of Mithila Review, a journal of international science fiction and fantasy established in 2015.
His poetry, fiction, and non-fiction has appeared in AsimovâÂÂs Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Juggernaut Books, Star*Line, , Eye to the Telescope, Locus Magazine, among other publications.
One of his short stories "Lakhen & Dragonflies" appears in a course syllabus at SOAS University of London. His debut poetry collection "Khas Pidgin" won the Elgin Award nomination from Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association in 2018. His poetry and fiction has also been nominated for Kumaon Literary FestivalâÂÂs Fellows of Nature and Toto Awards.
His interviews have appeared in a number of publications including Hindustan Times, The Juggernaut, and Samovar. He has also interviewed several Hugo-winning authors for Mithila Review, including Cixin Liu, Ken Liu and Kij Johnson. He has also interviewed award-winning speculative and horror authors Glen Hirshberg, Lavie Tidhar and Usman T Malik.
He is a founding member of Plurality University (Paris), a Future of India Fellow, and The Seasteading Institute Ambassador to India.
A former advertising professional, he passed out of Film and Television Institute of India in 2009.https://salikshah.com/press/
He grew up in Kathmandu and New Delhi, and can read, write, translate, and speak in Hindi, English, and Nepali.http://salikshah.com/2017/04/deewano-ki-hasti-a-short-film-ft-bhagwati-charan-vermas-poetry/