Authoress found in local cottage (6)
I believe the answer is:
alcott
'authoress' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'in local cottage' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'ALCOTT' is hidden in the letters of 'local cottage'.
'found' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alcott that I've seen before include "Lousia May ---, US author" , "'Louisa May ..., author of Little Women (6)'" , "Louisa May . . . . . . wrote 'Little Women'" , "Novelist" , "Author of Little Women, d. 1888" .)