Heart of Darkness author (6)
I believe the answer is:
conrad
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">heart of darkness 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 conrad that I've seen before include "Author of Lord Jim" , "Heart of Darkness author" , "Joseph ...... wrote 'Lord Jim'" , "Joseph -, novelist (Heart of Darkness)" , "Joseph --, author" .)