Author of Under the Greenwood Tree (6,5)
I believe the answer is:
thomas hardy
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">author of under the greenwood tree</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for thomas hardy that I've seen before include "Author of Under the Greenwood Tree" , "Writer who died in 1928" , ""The Mayor of Casterbridge" author" , "Poet" .)