"The Sign of the Four” author (5)

I believe the answer is:

doyle

(Other definitions for doyle that I've seen before include "Detective writer" , "Detective story perpetrator" , "Arthur Conan --, novelist" , "Sir Arthur Conan -, author" , "Arthur Conan - - (lit.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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