Possible Clues:

• She was "Gone," in a 1994 Johnny Cash song
• "You've Got Mail" co-screenwriter Ephron
• Catherine O’Hara’s “Beetlejuice” role
• 'Where the Crawdads Sing' author Owens
• Potentially ideal woman
• --- Smith, chef
• -- Smith, cookery writer
• — Smith, TV chef
• Cook was sick after falling over
• Woman was poorly on return journey