John Ernest Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902. His mother was a teacher and his father was county treasurer. 
In 1919, John Steinbeck graduated high school and went to Stanford University. He left Stanford in 1925 to pursue a career in writing in New York. Unfortunately, he was unsuccessful in getting his work published in New York, so he returned to California.
John Steinbeck’s first novel, Cup of Gold, was published in 1929. This work was followed by The Pastures of Heaven and To a God Unknown. It was not until 1935, when Tortilla Flat was published, that John Steinbeck began to make his mark on the literary world, with classics such as The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, East of Eden, and Cannery Row.
The house where John Steinbeck was born is now part of the National Steinbeck Center. Here you can learn about Steinbeck and his connection to the Monterey Peninsula.
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