Possible Clues:

• Word books somehow suit her admirably at first
• Authorise in new form after dropping old reference books
• Some of setter's books contain article about lizards, but not the last one
• The end of some extinct creatures shown in useful reference books
• Works of reference stimulating author's ire — there's no alternative
• Cheated brother inside three times, knocking off church books
• Word finders, treasuries, dictionaries, lexicons, storehouses, wordlists . . .
• A sure hit, somehow: they may aid writers
• A hirsute disguise for bookish types with lots of references
• Hear suit about writers' needs when lacking an alternative