Since I have been published, now when I read I do it not only for enjoyment but also to learn. Each of the authors we read has something to tell us about how we should or could write. Here are a few of my favorite authors, and what they teach me. John Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors. The first chapter of The Grapes of Wrath is masterful; the stark description of the dry land, dust flying in the air, the withering of plants under the scorching sun. The emotions from ea