For 10 points, name this author of "The Chrysanthemums," which he set in his native Salinas Valley.
In one story by this author, one character recounts that her husband used to always ask her what she was thinking when they were first married, but he never does anymore; in that story, Jim Moore shoots the cousin of his wife, Jelka Sepic, after finding the two in bed together. Â In another of his stories, Pepe is proclaimed a man by his mother when he kills someone during an altercation, culminating in Pepe's death on the run. Â He created a woman who asks her husband if they can have wine at their dinner after she is visited by a (*) traveling fixer of housewares. Â This author of "The Murder" and "The Flight" wrote a story in which Elisa Allen's underappreciated talents are put to use gardening the titular flowers. Â For 10 points, name this author of "The Chrysanthemums," which he set in his native Salinas Valley.
In one story by this author, one character recounts that her husband used to always ask her what she was thinking when they were first married, but he never does anymore; in that story, Jim Moore shoots the cousin of his wife, Jelka Sepic, after finding the two in bed together.
John Steinbeck