John Steinbeck was an American writer. He published the book we are talking about, «Of mice and men» in 1937. In all he wrote twenty-five books. In 1962 John Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize For Literature. Steibeck grew up in the Salinas Valley region of California (USA). Steibeck moved briefly to New York City, but soon returned home to California to begin his career as a writer.
His first novel was «Cup of Gold» whick concerns the pirate Henry Morgan, whoes adventures had captured Steinbeck's imagination as a child.
