Author's novel I read with scowl (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
oscar wilde
'author's' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'novel i read with scowl' is the wordplay.
'novel' is an anagram indicator (letters in a new or novel order).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'i'+'read'='iread'
'iread' after 'scowl' is 'scowliread'.
'scowliread' is an anagram of 'OSCAR WILDE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oscar wilde that I've seen before include "He had nothing to declare but his genius" , "Irish writer and wit" , "Irish-born writer and wit (1854-1900)" , "playwright" , "dramatist" .)