SugarCube's Monthly Random Contest!!

A double reverse acrostic puzzle. The first letters of each answer word when taken together, and reading top to bottom form a place name. The last letter of each answer word when taken together, and read bottom to top form what that place is famous for. The place is in England and the author was famous for something other than writing.

Clues:

A city in Italy
A river in Germany
A town in the USA
A town in North America
The Turkish name of Constantinople
A town in Bothnia
A city in Greece
A circle on the globe

Solution:

NapleS
ElbE
WashingtoN
CincinnatI
AmstgerdaM
StambouL
TorneA
LepantO
EcliptiC

That solves everything except the author. I won’t spoil that for you.