"The Gold-Bug” writer (3)
I believe the answer is:
poe
'the gold-bug writer' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for poe that I've seen before include "Edgar Allen, great American writer of eerie stories" , "American author, d. 1849" , "Edgar Allan . . ., writer of spooky tales" , "Short-story writer" , "Edgar Allan --, US poet and author" .)