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: DIRECTORS 
Clue: Biographer Donald Spoto says that as a schoolboy, this "Vertigo" director was nicknamed "Cocky"

SOLUTION: alfred hitchcock

PROBLEM: Category: AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT 
Clue: "Song Of Solomon" was the first of her novels to have a male protagonist

SOLUTION: toni morrison

PROBLEM: Category: AMERICAN COMPOSERS 
Clue: A fall from a subway platform in 1943 left this "St. Louis Blues" composer completely blind

SOLUTION:
handy