William —, author of novels The Soft Machine and Nova Express (9)

I believe the answer is:

burroughs

(Other definitions for burroughs that I've seen before include "Edgar Rice -, Tarzan creator" , "US writer" , "American writer" , "Edgar Rice -, Tarzan author" , "See 1" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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