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J ohn Grisham the modern have been turned into films: The Firm,
author of legal-thrillers The Pelican Brief, The Client, A Time to
was initially a lawyer with Kill, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, A
a hobby as a writer. That Painted House, The Runaway Jury, and
after-work and week-end hobby turned Skipping Christmas, as was an original
into a lifelong devotion to writing with screenplay, The Gingerbread Man. The
Grisham publishing one book per year Innocent Man marked his first foray
since his first book, A Time to Kill was into non-fiction and Ford County was
published. Now one of publishing’s his first short story collection.
greatest success stories, every one of
his books is an international bestseller. His hobby now includes charitable
causes, most recently his Rebuild The “I seriously doubt I would ever have
There are over 300 million John Coast Fund which raised 8.8 million written the first story had I not been a
Grisham books in print worldwide U.S. dollars for Gulf Coast relief in the lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer.
and his books have been translated wake of Hurricane Katrina. I wrote after witnessing a trial.”
into 40 languages. Nine of his novels
- Grisham
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