Possible Clues:

• 'The Wreck of the Mary Deare' author
• 9's revised by Hammond
• Point in pub's novelist
• Frank but manipulative friend of the scion of Hermiston
• Novelist Hammond ___
• Hammond __, author whose 6s include The Cruel Sea
• Hammond ____ wrote The Wreck of the Mary Deare
• Laura who played Dr. Weaver on "ER"
• Hammond ___, writer of 'The Wreck of the Mary Deare'
• 'The Wreck of the Mary Deare' author Hammond __