This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie made minor changes to the explanation provided by Steve.

publication date: Thursday, July 5, 2018 (part of Summer 2018)

category: Literature

clue: Stories of the Dust Bowl won this author a Pulitzer and a Nobel prize.

explanation: John Steinbeck's novels include The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, East of Eden, Cannery Row and 12 others. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Scott Hardie


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