Given the question: Harald Parigger born 1953 in Flensburg is a German writer. He studied history and German in Wurzburg. He became a secondary school teacher and later worked at the House of Bavarian History in Munich. He has written a number of academic essays poems plays short stories and historical novels mainly for children and young people. His novels include Im Schatten des schwarzen Todes Der schwarze Monch and Der Rubin des Konigs. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
The answer is:
Artist