Who was John Steinbeck?
Check out these websites to learn more about the incredible author of The Pearl and many other amazing texts.
John Steinbeck video- Introduction, no words spoken, basically a PowerPoint with music
http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=149907
Basic biography of Steinbeck- simple 1 page, brief
http://www.americanwriters.org/writers/steinbeck.asp
Nobel prize winner in 1962 site offers a brief biography and a Q&A page about Steinbeck
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-faq.html
Famous Steinbeck quotes… not necessarily Steinbeck biography information, but could be used for something
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_steinbeck.html
Discusses the popularity of Steinbecks books after his death, along with which books were made into movies.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825705/bio
A series of video clips that are very detailed and give a lot of information about Steinbeck’s life… however the narrator is very monotone. All clips are a couple minutes long and have pictures.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/564980/John-Steinbeck