Female novelist and Harry Styles do badly, receiving nothing (7,1,6)

I believe the answer is:

dorothy l sayers

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'female novelist' is the definition.
'dorothy l sayers' can be an answer for 'novelist' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'female' bit.

'harry styles do badly receiving nothing' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'receiving' indicates putting letters inside.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'harry'+'styles'+'do'='harrystylesdo'
'harrystylesdo' anagrammed gives 'dorthylsayers'.
'dorthylsayers' enclosing 'o' is 'DOROTHY L SAYERS'.

'and' is the link.

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(Another definition for dorothy l sayers that I've seen is " Novelist".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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