Possible Clues:

• Wrote
• Penned
• Wrote as American essayist, having moved gold to front, followed by diamonds
• Created hot pants in gold colour
• Wrote date with hour to be arranged
• 'A superior and thunderous character,' journalist wrote
• Novel Thoreau had finally penned
• Wrote, as a novel
• Was responsible for our death in crash
• Date and hour arranged, as written