Thomas Fensch is editor of Conversations with John Steinbeck and Conversations with James Thurber, both published by University Press of Mississippi. He is also author of four books about John Steinbeck, which help establish his international reputation in Steinbeck scholarship: Steinbeck and Covici: The Story of a Friendship; Essential Elements of Steinbeck; The FBI Files on Steinbeck and Steinbeck’s Bitter Fruit: From the Grapes of Wrath to Occupy Wall Street.
