John Ernest #Steinbeck (2/27/1902 - 12/20 1968). Author of 33 novels, including "Of Mice and Men", "East of Eden", "The Grapes of Wrath"... ect. 1940 Pulitzer Prize, 1962 Nobel Prize. Works center on the working class, the downtrodden, justice, predestination, fate. News correspondent in WWII Europe. As age caught up, John toured America with his dog Charlie..."Charlie doesn't have our problems...he doesn't belong to a species not clever enough to live in peace." #author #dinnerguest