'Ruskin Bond' was born in Kasauli in 1934, and grew up in Jamnagar, Dehradun, New Delhi and Shimla. He lived in England-in Jersey and London-for four years, returning to India in 1955. He is the author of over a hundred novellas, short-story collections, non-fiction books and collections of poetry. Among them are 'The Room on the Roof', 'A Flight of Pigeons', 'The Night Train at Deoli', 'Time Stops at Shamli', 'The Blue Umbrella', 'Rain in the Mountains', 'Tales of Fosterganj' and 'A Book of Simple Living'. He received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1956, the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. He lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his adopted family.