Novelist Ellison (5)
I believe the answer is:
ralph
'novelist ellison' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ralph that I've seen before include "man" , "Fellow's name" , "Chap" , "___ Fiennes, English actor, b. 1962" , "--- Waldo Emerson, US writer" .)