A work of fiction, volume penned by Streatfeild, say (5)
I believe the answer is:
novel
'a work of fiction' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for novel that I've seen before include "A work of fiction of new kind" , "Interestingly new; book" , "piece of writing" , "Previously unknown" , "literary work" .)