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.

[Q]: Category: 20th CENTURY AUTHORS 
Clue: Ayn Rand once cited this late Mike Hammer author as her favorite popular writer
[A]: mickey spillane


[Q]: Category: AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT 
Clue: Last name of poet Nikki, or first name of the man whose "room" is a James Baldwin book title
[A]: giovanni


[Q]: Category: YOU LOSE! 
Clue: He "lost" his seat to the Big Bopper as Buddy Holly & the others flew off February 3, 1959
[A]:
waylon jennings