Our King Richard has directions for novelist (7,7)
I believe the answer is:
charles dickens
'novelist' is the definition.
'our king richard has directions' is the wordplay.
'our king' becomes 'Charles' (King Charles III).
'richard' becomes 'dick' (Dick can be a nickname for Richard).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'directions' becomes 'ENS' (three compass directions).
'charles'+'dick'+'ens'='CHARLES DICKENS'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for charles dickens that I've seen before include "Novelist, 1812-70" , "Writer" , "English novelist" , "Author" .)