Author Info
Ruskin Bond is known for his signature simplistic and witty writing style. He is the author of several
bestselling short stories, novellas, collections, essays and children’s books; and has contributed a
number of poems and articles to various magazines and anthologies. At the age of 23, he won the
prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his first novel, The Room on the Roof. He was also the
recipient of the Padma Shri in 1999, Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi Government in 2012
and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from
three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India and now lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with
his adopted family.
Ruskin Bond is known for his signature simplistic and witty writing style. He is the author of several
bestselling short stories, novellas, collections, essays and children’s books; and has contributed a
number of poems and articles to various magazines and anthologies. At the age of 23, he won the
prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his first novel, The Room on the Roof. He was also the
recipient of the Padma Shri in 1999, Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi Government in 2012
and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from
three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India and now lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with
his adopted family.