John Steinbeck Salinas, Monterey and parts of the San Joaquin Valley were the setting for many of his stories. The area is now sometimes referred to as "Steinbeck Country". Most of his early work dealt with subjects familiar to him from his formative years. An exception was his first novel, "", which concerns the pirate Henry Morgan, whose adventures had captured Steinbeck's imagination as a child. In his subsequent novels, Steinbeck found a more authentic voice by drawing upon direct memories of his life in California. His childhood friend, Max Wagner, a brother of Jack Wagner and who later became a film
John Moore (American author) in English. As for his other novels, "Slay and Rescue" is available in all three languages; "The Unhandsome Prince" in Czech and Russian, and "Heroics for Beginners" in Czech and German. "Heroics for Beginners" and "Bad Prince Charlie" were also published in Poland. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a source for all listings except where noted otherwise. John Moore (American author) John F. Moore (born June 15, 1959) is an American engineer and a writer of fantasy and science fiction primarily under the short name John Moore. John Moore grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia. After high