The Ruskin Bond Horror Omnibus Review Welcome to the terrifying world of horror. And there is only one way to survive. Master your fear. Here is another collectible for young horror addicts—The Ruskin Bond Horror Omnibus. About the Author Ruskin Bond's first novel, The Room on the Roof, written when he was seventeen, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novels (including Vagrants in the Valley, A Flight of Pigeons and Delhi Is Not Far), essays, poems and children's books, many of which have been published by Penguin India. He has also written over 500 short stories and articles that have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies.  He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 and the Padma Shri in 1999.