Jack —, author of novels The Dharma Bums and On the Road (7)

I believe the answer is:

kerouac

(Other definitions for kerouac that I've seen before include "Jack, iconic novelist" , "Jack -, US beat novelist (On the Road)" , "Leading figure of the beat generation in the US" , "American author of On the Road, d. 1969" , "WRITER" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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