“He drank too much when he could, he ate too much when he was there, he talked too much all the time.” The novel The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize, the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize and sold 100,000 copies. John Steinbeck is known for being one of the best authors of World War II and the Great Depression. John Steinbeck wrote novels, short stories and novels corresponding to the war. He won the Notable Award, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. Author of twenty-seven books, five collections of short stories, sixteen novels and six non-fiction. His books generally deal with America's social and economic issues. The most recognized book is: · Cup of Gold in 1929 · The Pastures of Haven in 1932 · To a god Unknown in 1933 · Tortilla Flat in 1933 · Monterey Region in Dublin 1936 · Battle of the Mice Men in 1937 · The Long Valley in 1938John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was born on February 29, 1902 in Salinas, California. Steinbeck grew up in Sa...