Novelist Patchett (3)
I believe the answer is:
ann
'novelist patchett' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ann that I've seen before include "Girl" , "Ms Widdecombe" , "- Widdecombe MP" , "... Margret or Hathaway" , "woman" .)