Beloved writer isn't in room or elsewhere (4,8)

I believe the answer is:

toni morrison

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'elsewhere' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'beloved writer isn't in room or' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'writer' could be 'i' (the person who is writing these clues) and 'i' is located in the answer.
'or' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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