John Steinbeck (Salinas 1902 – New York 1968)	-Wrote 16 novels -1962 Nobel Prize -Upbringing in California ranches and farm settings -Studies English Literature at Stanford University  -Hardships during the Depression -Married 3 times. -WWII correspondent for the NY Herald -Participates in a number of film scripts and many of his works are adapted for the screen -Wrote on numerous topics -Allegedly leftist views, though some biographical details suggest a more complex position.
Selection of Steinbeck’s most prominent works	Cup of Gold (1929) The Red Pony (1933) Tortilla Flat (1935) DUST BOWL FICTION: In Dubious Battle (1936) Of Mice and Men (1937) The Grapes of Wrath (1939) Cannery Row (1945) The Pearl (1947) A Russian Journal (1948) East of Eden (1952) The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) Travels with Charley: In Search of America (1962)
Of Mice and Men Context	-1930s America :Depression, Dust Bowl, New Deal -Automation of agricultural force through machine power -Great migration of workers into America -Farming industries begin to replace family farms  demand for cheap, seasonal labor force -Agricultural wages at their minimum
Origins	-A ‘novella’ and a ‘play-novelette’ -From Something That Happened to Of Mice and Men

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