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'''John Steinbeck''' (b. 1902, d. 1968) was an [[American]] author.  He wrote the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning novel ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1939), along with fifteen other novels, six non-fiction books and several collections of short stories. U.S. Federal Judge [[Richard Posner]] called him one of America's top public intellectuals.<ref>[http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/publicintellect.htm] "Data for tables in Chapter 5 of Richard A. Posner, Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline" where Posner talks about the data he used for his book ''Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline''.</ref><ref>[http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/TABLE%20II.pdf] Table II, which is Posner's data for 607 public intellectuals. A PDF search of "Steinbeck" will show he is on Posner's list.</ref>  In 1962 Steinbeck received the [[Nobel Prize]] for Literature.

'''John Steinbeck''' (b. 1902, d. 1968) was an [[American]] author.  He wrote the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning novel ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1939), along with fifteen other novels, six non-fiction books and several collections of short stories. In 1962 Steinbeck received the [[Nobel Prize]] for Literature.

Steinbeck grew up in and spent most of his writing career in [[California]].  Some of his works have been made into movies, including ''Cannery Row'' (1945), ''The Pearl'' (1947), ''Of Mice and Men'' (1939) and ''East of Eden'' (1952).  Steinbeck was successful as a Hollywood writer, receiving an [[Academy Award]] nomination for Best Story in 1944 for [[Alfred Hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock's]] ''Lifeboat''.

Steinbeck grew up in and spent most of his writing career in [[California]].  Some of his works have been made into movies, including ''Cannery Row'' (1945), ''The Pearl'' (1947), ''Of Mice and Men'' (1939) and ''East of Eden'' (1952).  Steinbeck was successful as a Hollywood writer, receiving an [[Academy Award]] nomination for Best Story in 1944 for [[Alfred Hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock's]] ''Lifeboat''.