The John Steinbeck House at 16250 Greenwood Lane in Monte Sereno,

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, was the home of author

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from 1936 to 1938. The house was built in 1936, in the foothills of the

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in what was then part of the town of

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, for Steinbeck and his wife, Carol. While living in the house, Steinbeck wrote ''

The Grapes of Wrath ''The Grapes of Wrath'' is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize ...

'' and completed ''

Of Mice and Men ''Of Mice and Men'' is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck. It describes the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant worker, migrant ranch workers, as they move from place to place in California ...

''. The Steinbecks added a guest house to the property after the house's completion; renowned actors, literary agents, and friends of the Steinbecks stayed in the guest house while visiting the couple. In 1938, the Steinbecks left the house, as they felt that its location was no longer as secluded as it had been two years earlier. The John Steinbeck House was added to the

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on December 28, 1989. Unlike Steinbeck's birthplace in Salinas,

, this house is now a private residence and is closed to the public.

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* John Steinbeck Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California Houses in Santa Clara County, California National Register of Historic Places in Santa Clara County, California Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in California 1936 establishments in California Houses completed in 1936 {{SantaClaraCountyCA-struct-stub

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