The author of 'Plain Tales from The Hills' is-

• Rudyard Kipling was born in India. He is the first British to won Nobel prize in 1907. He is mainly a Short Story writer.
• His notable works:
- The Jungle Book (Collection of Stories),
- Kim,
- Plain Tales from The Hills,
- Just So Stories,
- Puck of Pook's Hill,
- Rewards and Fairies,
- Departmental Ditties,
- The Tomb of His Ancestors,
- The Man who was,
- The Mark of the Beast,
- Soldiers Three etc.
Source: Website Lecture and An ABC of English Literature.