TASK DEFINITION: You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
PROBLEM: Category: FICTIONAL CHARACTERS 
Clue: A 1965 novel by this author introduced his alter ego, sci-fi writer Kilgore Trout

SOLUTION: kurt vonnegut, jr.

PROBLEM: Category: AMERICAN LITERATURE 
Clue: The book of Jonah is quoted before chapter one of this 1851 novel

SOLUTION: moby-dick

PROBLEM: Category: 20th CENTURY WRITERS 
Clue: In the '50s, she taught English at Smith College, then worked as a secretary at a Boston psychiatric clinic

SOLUTION:
sylvia plath