Ruskin Bond has been writing for over sixty years, and now has over 120 titles in printâÃÂÃÂnovels, collections of short stories, poetry, essays, anthologies and books for children. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, received the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. He has also received the Padma Shri (1999), the Padma Bhushan (2014) and two awards from Sahitya AkademiâÃÂÃÂone for his short stories and another for his writings for children. In 2012, the Delhi government gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.