John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

male, deceased (1968)
From Salinas, California, Cinema of the United States, Academy Award for Best Story, Dust Bowl, nomination for Best Story, Stanford University alumni…American writer, Californiawriter, Short story writer
John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27 1902 - December 20 1968) was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. A...
Jack London

Jack London

male, deceased (1916)
from Sonoma County, California, islomaniac, from Piedmont, California, Sailor, Short story writer, Travel writer…Californiawriter, From Oakland, California
Jack London, was an American author who wrote "The Call of the Wild" and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine...
Jack Hirschman

Jack Hirschman

male, 76 years old
Dartmouth College, University of California, Los Angeles, City College of New York, rally, Associated Press, From San Francisco…Californiawriter
Jack Hirschman greets the artists, poets, and speakers who came out in support of the 2004 San Francisco rally: "The Arts in Defense of...
Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler

male, deceased (1959)
Old Alleynian, philip marlowe, Irish-American, mystery writer, English American, Californiawriter…writer, Crime fiction writer, Pulp fiction writer
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 - March 26, 1959) was an author of crime stories and novels. His influence on modern crime fiction has...
Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner

male, deceased (1993)
University of Utah alumni, novelist, Californiawriter, Historian of the Latter Day Saint movement, American, environmentalist…Utah writer, Iowa writer
Wallace Earle Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist. Some call him "The Dean of Western Writers."
William Saroyan

William Saroyan

male, deceased (1981)
novelist, Short story writer, Californiawriter, Armenian-American, Fresno, Playwright…From Fresno, California
William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an American author who wrote many plays and short stories about growing up impoverished as the...
Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon

male, 46 years old
novelist, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Short story writer, 2005 Eisner Award for Best Anthology, the new yorker…Alternate history writer, writer, LGBT writer, from Berkeley, California, Californiawriter
Michael Chabon (born May 24, 1963) is an American author best known for his novel "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay", which won the...
Kenneth Rexroth

Kenneth Rexroth

male, deceased (1982)
industrial worker of the world, poet, anarchist, from Indiana, Beat Generation, Beat writer…Californiawriter, writer
Kenneth Rexroth (December 221905 - June 61982) was an American poet, translator and critical essayist. He was among the first poets in the United...
Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair

male, deceased (1968)
anarchist, Investigative journalist, California politician, socialist, Columbia University alumni, from Baltimore…Californiawriter, New York writer, Maryland writer, California EPIC
Upton Sinclair Jr., was a prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres and was widely considered to be one of the best...