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: RARITIES
Clue: All 6 examples of his signature known to exist date from between 1612 & 1616

SOLUTION: william shakespeare

PROBLEM: Category: 20th CENTURY NOVELS
Clue: It begins, "'To be born again,' sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, 'first you have to die'"

SOLUTION: the satanic verses

PROBLEM: Category: AMERICAN PUBLISHING
Clue: The 1860 frontier novel "Malaeska", the first of its kind, sold 300,000 copies for total sales revenue of this

SOLUTION:
$30,000