Please answer the following question: Ronald Malfi is an American novelist whose genres include horror thrillers mainstream and literary fiction. Malfi is also a musician and for a time he fronted the Baltimore-based alternative rock band Nellie Blide. He currently lives in Maryland. 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?
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Artist