Born in Northfield, Minnesota, Eric Larsen graduated from CarletonCollege and in 1970 took his doctorate from the University of Iowa. For thirty-five years, he taught English at John Jay College of Cr…
John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". …
Luis Alberto Urrea is the award-winning author of 13 books, including The Hummingbird's Daughter, The Devil's Highway and Into the Beautiful North (May 2009). Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and A…
