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A signed copy of this author's A Tale of Two Cities would set you back a cool £275,000 in 2014 (7)

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I believe the answer is:

dickens

(Other definitions for dickens that I've seen before include "Charles . . . . . . . whose pen name was Boz" , "The Lord of the Flies" , "Oliver Twist author" , "Charles - - , novelist" , "Charles --, British author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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