Oil painting of David Salariya in 1997 by Pamela Hewetson. David Salariya in black jacket with Stewart tartan Trousers, Black and white checker pattern in background.

Children's non-fiction book cover. Written by David Salariya, writing as David Stewart, illustrated by Isobel Lundie. Book series created and designed by David Salariya 2021

Book cover showing exploded view of Medieval Cathedral on 2022 Boxed set of Chinese Edition 2022. Created and designed by David Salariya as Inside Story 1989.

Boxed set of New View. Illustration of a top to bottom view. of a Rainforest by Carolyn Scrace

X Ray Picture Book of Your Body, series created & designed by David Salariya. Cover artwork by John James.

Children's book cover against black & white background. Fashion illustrations by Pamela Hewetson

Children's Information Book cover, You Wouldn't Want To Be An Egyptian Mummy. Scene of mummification with two embalmers in the process of mummification. Cartoon style artwork by David Antram. Series created and designed by David Salariya

Brighton, A Very Peculiar History, series created and designed by David Salariya, Book written by David Arscott

The Secret Journal of Victor Frankenstein on the workings of the Human Body. Created, designed and written by David Salariya. Title page incorporating small booklets.

DAVID SALARIYA

Book Creator • Designer • Author • Illustrator • Publisher

David Salariya, photograph from 1993 used on back flaps of dustaackets on books published by Franklin Watts

David Salariya 1993

Salariya Book Company Stand at the Bologna Book Fair 1995. From left to right: Patricia Borlenghi, Shirley Salariya, Jonathan Salariya, David Salariya, April McCroskie

Bologna Book Fair, 1997, Patricia Borlenghi, Shirley Salariya, Jonathan Salariya, David Salariya,

April McCrosky

The Salariya Book Company Stand at the Bologna Stand 2017. From left to right: Isobel Lundie, David Salariya, Lizzie Kelly, Simone, Nick Pierce, Jonathan Salariya

Bologna Book Fair, 2017, Isobel Lundie, David Salariya, Lizzy Kelly, Simone, Nick Pierce,

Jonathan Salariya

Welcome to my website

You'll find everything you might want to know about the books I've created, designed, and written (sometimes under the pen-name David Stewart). The books were published by The Salariya Book Co Imprints in the UK, and internationally published by: Scholastic Inc, National Geographic, Random House, Simon & Schuster and Franklin Watts.

Makers of books

Click on the links to find my journal where I post articles on publishing, design, history and the occasional interview with the 'makers of books'. As we know, it takes more than a writer and illustrator to make a book — a small creative army supports this process. I'm keen to share background information about these 'book-makers'.

Portfolios: Works in paint,

words & metal

You can take a look inside my portfolio of illustration work and those book series I have illustrated or created and designed. See how I develop the spark of an idea into a published book. As well as working with 'words' I draw, paint, and work in metal. I did some silversmithing at art school as a craft subject and continued this as a hobby. We might head off page too - to take a look at my 'life beyond the book'.

The Salariya Book Company

I'm proud to share the legacy of my years as a publisher. The Salariya Book Company, the small independent family publishing house I built from scratch - was founded in 1989, and later established three imprints: Book House, Scribo and Scribblers.

I closed the doors of The Salariya Book Company in 2022. In a publishing industry dominated by publishing conglomerates, I could no longer hope to compete alone. Sadly, independent publishing has its limitations.

I am a member of the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG), The Society of Authors, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).