The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GREENE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result GREENE
- Author with endless dynamism about to pen end of tale
- Novelist supporting environmentalism in speech
- Author's place for putting in speech
- Reportedly inexperienced novelist
- Renowned writer, but inexperienced on radio
- Author wildly energetic twitching away
- Emerald Isle’s ultimate author
- Sound politician, British author
- Young English Catholic novelist
- Discussion of inexperienced novelist
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The straight part
We know that "Author" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case author = greene.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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