As portrayed by San Jose State University English professor and Steinbeck expert Shillinglaw (A Journey into Steinbeck's California), John Steinbeck's first wife, Carol Henning Steinbeck, was witty, ...

Monterey County residents who step into a Steinbeck novel have the benefit of being here, of pairing his descriptive detail with our own experiences in the same settings where he staged many of his ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Susan Shillinglaw is an Interim Director for the National Steinbeck Center with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2008 Interview as a Scholar ...

Susan Shillinglaw, a professor of English and Comparative Literature since 1984 at San Jose State University, is a noted John Steinbeck scholar whose research recently earned her the President's ...

Any educated scholar who has studied that journey knows that Bill Steigerwald simply hasn’t enough facts to “debunk” that journey (“Sorry, Charley, Was ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The family of literary legend John Steinbeck is auctioning off a personal treasure trove of items including personal letters, diaries, and sentimental manuscripts. A lot estimated at ...

There’s the John Steinbeck most Californians know, the bard of the Salinas Valley and Cannery Row, the chronicler of the common man’s plight, the acclaimed author of such towering works as “The Grapes ...