Author recreated role and plot (8)
I believe the answer is:
trollope
'author' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'recreated role and plot' is the wordplay.
'recreated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'role' put after 'plot' is 'plotrole'.
'plotrole' with letters rearranged gives 'TROLLOPE'.
(Other definitions for trollope that I've seen before include "Anthony ........, author of Barsetshire novels (8)" , "Anthony -, Barchester Towers author" , "Author of 'The Warden'" , "Anthony ---, Nineteenth century author" , "Roll poet over to find a Victorian novelist" .)