For 10 points, name this Indian author of Swami and Friends, who created the village of Malgudi.
In one story by this author, a soothsayer wins a client's trust by predicting that the client had previously been the target of a murder attempt, which in fact was carried out by the soothsayer himself. This author of "An Astrologer's Day" wrote a novel in which a calligrapher who cares for his aunt falls in love with the family planning advocate Daisy. This author wrote about Rosie, who leaves her husband for a man more supportive of her dancing career in a novel ending with the death the sage (*) Raju. This author set The Painter of Signs and The Guide in the same place by the banks of the Sarayu River. For 10 points, name this Indian author of Swami and Friends, who created the village of Malgudi.
In one story by this author, a soothsayer wins a client's trust by predicting that the client had previously been the target of a murder attempt, which in fact was carried out by the soothsayer himself.
R.K. Narayan [or Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami]