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: AMERICAN HERSTORY 
Clue: Before she was the first black woman in Congress, she was the second in the New York State Assembly
[EX A]: shirley chisholm

[EX Q]: Category: BROOKLYN IS BOOKLAND 
Clue: In a book by this author, "The Assistant" works in a Brooklyn grocery store
[EX A]: bernard malamud

[EX Q]: Category: FRUITS & VEGETABLES 
Clue: The Gravenstein variety of these is harvested in August & September
[EX A]:
apples