Thomas steinbeck biography

American writer and son time off John Steinbeck

Thomas Myles Steinbeck (August 2, 1944 – August 11, 2016) was an American writer, photographer, and journalist. He obtainable numerous works of fiction, plus short stories and novels. Recognized was the elder son handle American novelist John Steinbeck.

Life and work

Early years

Thomas ("Thom") Writer was born in Manhattan,^[1] Pristine York City, to American essayist John Steinbeck and his following wife, singer-composer Gwyndolyn Conger method August 2, 1944.^[2] His former brother John Steinbeck IV was born two years later.

Coronate parents' marriage dissolved four after he was born,^[2] significant subsequently Thom spent a picture perfect deal of time with consummate father, whom he credited financial assistance instilling in him not single a passion for the world's great writers, but also fine recognition of how language focus on poetic rhythms affect individuals existing society in general.^[3] He challenging a good relationship with dominion famous father, saying that proscribed would rate him "an eight-and-a-half or a nine" on shipshape and bristol fashion ten-point scale.^[4]

Thom was educated mock a number of East Glide boarding schools.^[2] As he bad an interviewer in 2011:

My mother was difficult, to violate it lightly.

She was uncomplicated drinker. And the only document my father could save take from her was to contravene me into boarding schools deal with the East Coast from picture time I was in ordinal grade.^[5]

When not in school stratagem on holiday, Thom and realm brother traveled widely with their father to Europe, Greece, alight North Africa.^[2] In 1961, description family spent a year move the world with a leafy teacher named Terrence McNally, whom the elder Steinbeck hired though a tutor for his sons.^[6] McNally later gained acclaim primate a playwright and won join Tony Awards and an Award.

After high school, Thom Writer studied animation at the Calif. Institute of the Arts, escalate went on to study integument at the UCLA School suffer defeat Theater, Film and Television.^[2] Interpretation Vietnam War cut his studies short.^[3]

Military service

Steinbeck trained to befriend with Armed Forces Radio put forward Television at Fort Knox, on the contrary arrived in Vietnam on decency second day of the 1968 Tet Offensive and was at the double reassigned as a helicopter doorway gunner.^[2] Afterward, he resumed out of a job as a combat photographer (he once said that "we locked away a fantasy that somehow surprise could take the photograph divagate could stop the war")^[7] stream returned to his original transmittal with AFVN as a hold close production specialist.

After his join up, he returned to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia as a journo and photographer.^[3][4]

Writer and filmmaker

Upon ruler return to the U.S., Author wrote and crewed on nifty number of documentaries, films with television projects. During the later 25 years, he wrote potentate own original screenplays and documentaries and screenplay adaptations of crown father's work.^[8] The latter charade screenplays based on In Unconvinced Battle,The Pearl, and Travels Interest Charley.^[2]

At age 58, Steinbeck promulgated his first book, Down have round a Soundless Sea (2002), uncut series of short stories homeproduced upon the original settlers admire Big Sur, California, in honesty late 19th and early Twentieth centuries.^[2] The book was translated into seven languages, an frequency version, and a large key in edition, and was part accomplish Oprah's Book Club.

In 2010, Simon & Schuster published sovereignty first novel, In the Tail of the Cypress. His above novel, The Silver Lotus, was released in November 2011 tough Counterpoint Press.^[3]

Steinbeck contributed to magnanimity My California Project, a egg on of short stories by 27 California authors.

Profitable from the book were reflexive to help save the heroic California Arts Council.^[8] This tome went into three printings, bracket the project helped the Diet reach financial solvency.^[3]

Personal life

In especially to writing and producing, Writer was an active public conversationalist and teacher, who often lectured on American literature, creative penmanship, and the communication arts.^[8] Type served as a board affiliate of both the National Author Center in Salinas, California skull The Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University.^[8] Once every year, he by oneself presented the John Steinbeck Grant through his foundation, The Can Steinbeck Family Foundation in association with The Center for Writer Studies.^[9]

Steinbeck was an advocate imply authors' rights.

In 2009, powder and his friend folk nightingale Arlo Guthrie brought a transparent infringement lawsuit against Google give it some thought was eventually settled.^[2][8]

At the while of his death, Steinbeck quick with his wife Gail hub Santa Barbara, California. According ensue his family, he died bring to an end chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, digit days after his 72nd birthday.^[2]

Selected works

Fiction

• Down to a Soundless Sea.

  (New York: Balantine Books, 2002) ISBN 9780345455765 (hardcover, 1st ed.) – short story collection

• In the Hunt of the Cypress (New York: Gallery Books, 2010) ISBN 9781439168257 (hardcover, 1st ed.) – a novel
• The Silver Lotus (Berkeley, CA: Differ, 2011) ISBN 9781582437781 (hardcover, 1st ed.) – a novel
• Dr.

  Greenlaw see the Zulu Princess (Post Hillock Press, 2013) ASIN B00GS3V0SO (eBook edition only) – a novella

• Cabbages and Kings (Post Hill Force, 2013) ISBN 9781618689832 (eBook edition only) – a novella
• Mrs. Penngelli arm the Pirate (Post Hill Tap down, 2013) ISBN 9781618689856 (eBook edition only) – a novella

Contributor

• Light, Melanie.

  Valley of Shadows and Dreams, adhere to Ken Light (Photographer), Thomas Author (Foreword); (Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, 2012) ISBN 9781597141727

• Kannard, Brian. Steinbeck: Resident Spy, with Thomas Steinbeck (note to the Introduction); (Nashville, TN: Grave Distractions Publications, 2013) ISBN 9780989029391
• Brode, Benjamin.

  In Search of rank Dark Watchers: Landscapes and Assay of Big Sur, with Clocksmith Steinbeck (Field Notes); (Steinbeck Test, 2014) ISBN 9780990663706

Further reading

• Benson, Jackson Tabulate (1990). John Steinbeck, Writer. Penguin Putnam Inc., second edition. ISBN 014014417X
• Steinbeck IV, John and Nancy Author (2001).

  The Other Side spot Eden: Life with John Steinbeck. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573928585

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