Author of the controversial 1968 satirical novel Myra Breckinridge (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
gore vidal
(Other definitions for gore vidal that I've seen before include "American novelist and playwright, b. 1925" , "he writes" .)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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