Sreedharan Champad

"Ring Boy" published in Mathrubhumi Weekly in 1964 was his first story. His first novel Anyonyamthedi nadannavarwas published in Mathrubhumu weekly in 1977. Champad is currently working on a new novel on the socio - cultural context of Panoor and its environs since 1947.

Sreedharan was born in 1938 at Champad near Thalassery, Kannur district to Kunjikannan and Narayani. After passing tenth class, he joined Devagiri College, Kozhikode, but due to financial constraints he dropped his study and gone to Madras. In 1956, he joined the Great Rayman circus in Howrah as office clerk and later became a trapeze artiste at the circus. Sreedharan was also an expert trapeze player in circuses such as Jumbo, Gemini, Amar and Great Raymond. In 1961, while at Chengalpet, he temporarily left circus field, when the Great Eastern Circus rejected him to go with its Malaysian tour. After studying automobile engineering in Madras for two years, he worked as a diesel mechanic in the Madras State Transport Corporation for six months. After that he worked as an auto driver in Kozhikode for some time. Sridharan was also served as the Editor-in-Chief of Padayani Weekly publishe from Thalassery, Padayani News Editor and Jagannath Magazine Editor. He has also worked as a correspondent for Kaumudi News Service for 5 years.

Sreedharan Champad is circus artist, circus historian and Malayalam language writer from Kerala, India. He has worked in a number of fields, including working as circus manager, flying trapeze artist, circus company PRO, auto driver, bill collector, journalist and writer. Champad has written over 20 books including novels, more than 100 short stories, biographies and articles. His book An Album of Indian Big Tops chronicles the history of circus industry in India from 1880 to 2010.