The Three Musketeers author (5)

I believe the answer is:
dumas
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">the three musketeers author</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for dumas that I've seen before include "Musketeers writer" , "French novelist" , "French pair who wrote" , "Author of The Three Musketeers" , "of house in Moscow" .)