A timeless story of love and friendship set in India; now part of the Originals collection, showcasing Penguin's very best modern classics for young adults.
Born in Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in
Jamnagar (Gujarat), Dehradun, New Delhi and Shimla. His first
novel, The Room on the Roof, which was written when he was
seventeen, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957.
Since then he has written over 500 short stories, essays and
novellas (including Vagrants in the Valley and A Flight of Pigeons)
and more than forty books for children. He received the Sahitya
Akademi Award for English writing in India in 1992, the Padma Shri
in 1999, and the Delhi government's Lifetime Achievement Award in
2012.
He lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his extended family.
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