Ruskin Bond is an Indian author who was born in 1934 in Kasaulli, Himachal Pradesh and now lives in Landour, Mussoorie. Some of his famous novels include The Room on the Roof, The Blue Umbrella, A Flight for Pigeons, and Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. He has received several awards for his work, including the Padma Shree in 1999 for children's literature and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. Most of Bond's works are influenced by his childhood spent in the hill stations of the Himalayas, where he wrote his first novel The Room on the Roof at age 17

2. BORN
FAMOUS
NOVELS
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• 19 MAY 1934
• KASAULI, HIMACHAL PRADESH
• NOW LIVES IN LANDOUR, MUSSOORI
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THE ROOM ON THE ROOF
THE BLUE UMBERLLA
A FLIGHT FOR PEGIONS
OUR TREES STILL GROW IN DEHRA
•1999: PADMA SHREE: CHILDREN LITERATURE
•1992: SHITYA AKADMY AWARD: OUR TREES STILL GROW IN DEHRA
•1957: JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS MEMORIAL PRIZE: THE ROOM ON THE ROOF

3. NOVELS
 ROOM ON THE ROOF
 FUNNY SIDE UP
 VAGRANTS IN THE
VALLEY
 DELHI IS NOT FAR
 THE INDIA I LOVE
TRAVELL WRITINGS
 GANGA DECENDS
 BEAUTIFUL MANDIKNI
 ON THE ROAD TO
BADHRINATH
 FLOWERS ON THE
GANGA
 ROADS TO
MUSSOORI

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The Room on the Roof
Vagrants in the Valley
Scenes from a Writer's Life
A Flight of Pigeons
Landour Days – A writers Journal
The Sensualist by Ruskin Bond
The Road To The Bazaar
The Panther's Moon
Once Upon A Monsoon Time
Roads To Mussoorie
All Roads Lead To Ganga

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Most of his works are influenced by life in the hill
stations at the foothills of the Himalayas, where he
spent his childhood. His first novel, The Room On the
Roof, was written when he was 17 and published
when he was 21. It was partly based on his
experiences at Dehra Dun, in his small rented room
on the roof, and his friends. Since then he has written
over three hundred short stories, essays and novels,
including Vagrants in The Valley, The Blue
Umbrella, Funny Side Up, A Flight of Pigeons and
more than 30 books for children. He has also
published two volumes of autobiography. Scenes
from a Writer's Life describes his formative years
growing up in Anglo-India; The Lamp is Lit is a
collection of essays and episodes from his journal.