Brighton Rock author (6)
I believe the answer is:
greene
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">brighton rock author</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for greene that I've seen before include "The Quiet American author" , "See 13" , "Graham --, Eng. author" , "writer" , "Graham --, British author" .)