Snake-haired monster leaving cheese for writer (4)
I believe the answer is:
zola
'for writer' is the definition.
(Zola is an example)
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for zola that I've seen before include "Emile --, French author" , "French author of Germinal" , "European writer" , "See 2" , "French novelist, defender of Dreyfus, d. 1902" .)