Ruskin Bond}}, born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author of British descent. He was born in Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh). His father was Aubrey Alexander Bond who served in the RAF during World War II.

He had one sister and brother - Ellen and William. When the writer was 8, his mother separated from his father and married a Punjabi-Hindu Mr.Hari who himself was married once. At the age of ten Ruskin went to his grandmother's in Dehra because of his fathers sudden death due to frequent bouts of malaria and jaundice.

He has lived in Landour since the 1960s, having previously also lived, as a child and young man, in Shimla, Jamnagar, Mussoorie, Dehradun, and London. Most of his writings show a strong influence from the social life in the hill stations at the foothills of the Himalayas, where he spent his childhood. His first novel was "The Room On the Roof", published when he was 21 and partly based on the experiences at Dehra in his small rented room on the roof and his friends.

He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist earlier. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for english writing in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature.

He now lives with his adopted family in Mussoorie. Ruskin Bond studied in Bishop Cotton School in Shimla In Vagrants in the Valley, which picks up from where the first book ends, Rusty is joined in his travels by Kishen, another ‘runaway’. As they venture further into the unknown, they discover new friends and participate in more escapades but also begin to understand the complexities of growing up and the boundaries that circumscribe even the freest spirits...Sharply observed, witty and wise, haunted on every page by the sights, smells and sounds of India, this evocation of youth, innocence and friendship will be read for a long time to come with deep, lasting pleasure.

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