### Clue: Prize-winning author in forest (6)
### Answer: ATWOOD 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Prize-winning author
  {AT WOOD}(in the wood,forest, "at" as in "at home")
Answer: Margeret, Canadian author, winner of many awards, one of which was for "The Handmaid's Tale", a social science fiction story, as distinct from mere science fiction, which according to her is about "talking squids in outer space" 🙂