"Ruskin Bond is one of India’s most well-known writers. Born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, in 1934, he grew up in Jamnagar, Dehradun and Shimla. In the course of a writing career spanning over seventy years, he has published over a hundred books, including short-story collections, poetry, novels, essays, memoirs and journals, edited anthologies and books for children. The Room on the Roof was his first novel, written when he was seventeen. It received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. He has also received many other awards, including the Sahitya Akademi award in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. Many of his stories and novellas including The Blue Umbrella, A Flight of Pigeons and Susanna’s Seven Husbands have been adapted into films. Ruskin lives in Landour, Mussoorie. His other books with HarperCollins include These are a Few of My Favourite Things, Koki’s Song, How to Be a Writer, The Enchanted Cottage and How to Live Your Life."
<p>Want to know who the favourite author of your favourite author is? Or what he likes to eat, the movies he likes to see, the places he likes to visit? His most memorable moments, even his most embarrassing? This book, the first in the These are a Few of My Favourite Things series, gives you a quick peek into the favourites of one of India’s most well-known authors, Ruskin Bond. The Favourite Things series will capture the favourites of your favourite authors, sportspersons, celebrities and more. The book also includes some pages in the slam-book format for you to fill in your favourite things.</p>
