Possible Clues:

• Influence is welcomed by established kind of writer
• Bacon or Lamb, for example?
• Thoreau, e.g.
• Say, in those sites he's writing
• Lamb possibly? Try it without sauce initially
• Mention it after point-to-point, winner has his life's work sold in 15 down perhaps
• Is responsible for the last seven characters in 11 across with one of those bookish types coming first
• Some articles say I struck writer
• bell hooks, for one
• French art, for example, is subject ultimately for writer