Given the question: Richard Alan Diespecker (March 1 1907 February 11 1973) was a Canadian novelist and journalist.Born in Adstock England Diespecker was educated at the University of British Columbia. After a brief career in teaching in 1927 he became a journalist with The Vancouver Star. Diespecker later joined the staffs of The Vancouver News and The Victoria Colonist. He began broadcasting in Vancouver at CJOR which produced many of his radio plays. 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