1) Agnes Repplier was one 2) Author 3) Bacon or Lamb 4) Charles Lamb, notably 5) Column creator 6) Composition writer 7) Lamb for one 8) Lamb or Bacon 9) Lamb, notably 10) Litterateur 11) Nonfiction author 12) Nonfiction writer 13) Susan Sontag 14) Thoreau 15) Type of writer 16) Writer 17) Writer like Agnes Repplier Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/essayist