In haste I type. Answer the following, and be lauded.

What Calcutta-born writer gave us A Shabby Genteel Story, On Being Found Out, and a tale adapted by one of the most famous filmmakers of the 20th century, (for which special cinematographic equipment was used)? As a bonus: he recorded that his ten-year-old daughter's favorite book was a popular work by a contemporary, and that she demanded to know when he would write one like it. What was the book?

First correct guess to comments wins a salad with house dressing. No Googling or doing ingesting the memories of the dead a la The Book of the New Sun. One guess per comment but comment as often as you like.