Novelist displaying range, putting character from best-seller in novel I hate (6,8)
I believe the answer is:
agatha christie
'novelist' is the definition.
(I know that Agatha Christie has the occupation novelist)
'range putting character from best-seller in novel i hate' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'range' could be 'aga' (type of cooking range) and 'aga' is found within the answer.
'character' could be 't' and 't' is found in the answer.
'best' could be 'a' and 'a' is located in the answer.
'i' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'displaying' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for agatha christie that I've seen before include "author" , "Detective story writer" , "One who wrote" , "[THE QUEEN OF CRIME] - with 16d" .)