Writer Ferber (4)
I believe the answer is:
edna
'writer ferber' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for edna that I've seen before include "Girl for Dane" , "Female Dane, oddly" , "Famous dame" , "Female name" , "___ O'Brien, Irish novelist, b. 1930" .)