Author of Oliver Twist (7)

I believe the answer is:

dickens

(Other definitions for dickens that I've seen before include "'Hard Times' 17" , "writer" , "Devil of a novelist!" , "man of note" , "Charles --, British author" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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