Before John Steinbeck became a world-famous author and won the Nobel Prize for literature, he was just another struggling novelist experimenting with genres and piling up rejection slips.

Wherever lovers of John Steinbeck's work meet up, two words never fail to conjure a smile: Lonesome Harry. Furtive, persecuted, like dissidents swapping a midnight password, these aficionados can ...

There’s the John Steinbeck most Californians know, the bard of the Salinas Valley and Cannery Row, the chronicler of the common man’s plight, the acclaimed author of such towering works… ...

Thomas Steinbeck, the eldest son of John Steinbeck and an author in his own right, died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, at his California home, the family said through a representative. He was 72.

“Mad at the World” seems, at first glance, an odd title for a book. But William Souder believes it conveys the personality and work of John Steinbeck, who brought social realism to the … ...

Californians have chosen Salinas native John Steinbeck as their favorite author of all time, according to a recent poll by StoicQuotes.com. Steinbeck grew up in Salinas, attended Salinas High ...

Thomas Steinbeck, the eldest son of Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and a prominent author and screenwriter in his own right, died Thursday at his Santa Barbara home. He was 72.

Thomas Steinbeck, the eldest son of Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and a prominent author and screenwriter in his own right, died Thursday at his Santa Barbara home. He was 72.

Thomas Steinbeck, the eldest son of Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and a prominent author and screenwriter in his own right, died Thursday at his Santa Barbara home. He was 72. “The ...