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.

[EX Q]: Category: EXPRESSIONS 
Clue: This positive expression used since the 1940s promotes a type of stove
[EX A]: "now you\'re cooking with gas"

[EX Q]: Category: CHARACTER ASSASSINATION 
Clue: Air Force gunner Snowden catches some flak & dies in Yossarian's arms, courtesy of this author
[EX A]: heller

[EX Q]: Category: "R"ITERS 
Clue: This author of the hitchhiking novel "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" once hitchhiked across the U.S.
[EX A]:
tom robbins