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Steinbeck marries his first wife, Carol Henning.
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Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men is published.
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The Grapes of Wrath is published.
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Steinbeck separates from his first wife Carol,
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Steinbeck publishes The Moon is Down in March.
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His divorce from Carol Henning final, Steinbeck marries Gwyndolyn Conger.
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Steinbeck's first child, son Thomas Steinbeck, is born.
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The novel Cannery Row is published
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Steinbeck's second child, John Steinbeck IV, is born.
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Gwyndolyn Conger divorces Steinbeck.
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Steinbeck marries his third and last wife, Elaine Anderson Scott.
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East of Eden is published.
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The Winter of Our Discontent, Steinbeck's final novel, is published.
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John Steinbeck is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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America and Americans is published.
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John Steinbeck dies of a heart attack.