The crossword solution for the term 'Silas Marner Novelist' is 'Eliot'. George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is best known for her novel 'Silas Marner', which was published in 1861 and tells the story of a weaver who is betrayed by his community and finds redemption through the love of a child.