John Ernst Steinbeck (1902 til 1968) esis Usana skriptisto qua recevis la Nobel-premio pri literaturo en 1962.
Importanta verki
- 1929: Cup of gold: A life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Ocasional Reference to History
- 1932: The Pastures of Heaven
- 1933: The Red Pony
- 1933: To a God Unknown
- 1935: Tortilla Flat
- 1936: In Dubious Battle
- 1936: Of Mice and Men
- 1939: The Grapes of Wrath, Premio Pulitzer
- 1942: The Moon Is Down
- 1945: Cannery Row
- 1947: The Pearl
- 1947: The Wayward Bus
- 1951: The Log from the Sea of Cortez
- 1952: East of Eden
- 1954: Sweet Thursday
- 1957: The Short Reign of Pippin IV
- 1962: Travels With Charley in Search of America