Writer Virginia, receiving honour, is coming back (6)
I believe the answer is:
asimov
'writer' is the definition.
(Isaac Asimov)
'virginia receiving honour is coming back' is the wordplay.
'virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'receiving' indicates putting letters inside.
'honour' becomes 'om'.
'coming back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'om'+'is'='omis'
'va' placed around 'omis' is 'vomisa'.
'vomisa' back-to-front is 'ASIMOV'.
(Other definitions for asimov that I've seen before include "Isaac ---, SF author" , "Isaac -, US sci-fi writer" , "He wrote about robots" , "Isaac - - , SF writer" , "novelist" .)