Possible Clues:

• Name hidden in "patronage"
• Covid-19, informally
• “Mazes and Monsters” author Jaffe
• "The Best of Everything" author Jaffe
• 'Class Reunion' writer Jaffe
• Scourge of the 2020s, colloquially
• Scottish playwright Munro
• Name that anagrams to "Nora"
• Woman's name that becomes another woman's name if you switch the first and third letters
• Barrett of old gossip