The novel "Of Mice And Men" was written by what author?

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John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men (1937), a novella set during the Great Depression that follows migrant ranch workers George and Lennie in California. Known for his stark, compassionate depictions of working-class life, Steinbeck explores themes of friendship, loneliness, and the fragility of the American Dream. He later won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1962) and also wrote The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden.

To remember: Steinbeck = Stein-barn—think farms, fields, and ranch hands. The other options wrote different classics: Mark Twain (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), George Orwell (1984, Animal Farm), and Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird). If you picture “migrant men and mice” on a ranch, it points straight to Steinbeck.