Novelist Quindlen (4)
I believe the answer is:
anna
'novelist quindlen' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for anna that I've seen before include "and eleven, twenty four across heroine" , "Girl's name (palindrome)" , "Palindromic girl's name" , "- - Kournikova (tennis)" , "She's a woman, whichever way you look at it" .)