Author Angelou (4)
I believe the answer is:
maya
'author angelou' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for maya that I've seen before include "Yucatan native language" , "People who built Chichen Itza, Tikal etc." , "Old C. American people; world as illusion" , "Former Yucat++n people" , "Indian" .)