Novelist Ferber (4)
I believe the answer is:
edna
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">novelist ferber</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for edna that I've seen before include "- O'Brien, Irish writer" , "Girl's name; Dane (anag.)" , "Prolific Irish woman novelist . . . . O'Brien" , ". . . . O'Brien, ... Saint Vincent Millay" , "Barry Humphries' Dame" .)