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John Grisham
John Ray Grisham Jr. (born February 8, ) is an Americanpolitician, lawyer, and writer.
Biography and career
[change | change source]He was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father worked as a construction worker and a cottonfarmer. After moving often, the family settled in in the town of Southaven in De Soto County, Mississippi, and he graduated from Southaven High School.
Young Grisham loved to read. In , Grisham received a degree from Mississippi State University. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in After leaving law school, he entered a small-town general law practice for nearly 10 years in Southaven, MS where he paid a lot of attention on criminallaw and civil law.
John grisham+biography He heard the testimony of a twelve-year-old rape victim. ISSN Archived from the original on July 6, Sabin, Warwick.In , he was elected as a Democrat to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served until During this time, he continued his private law practice in Southaven.
In at the De Soto County courthouse in Hernando, Grisham witnessed the testimony of a year-old girl who was raped. In his spare time, Grisham began work on his first novel, which explored what would have happened if the girl's father had murdered her attackers.
He spent three years on A Time to Kill and finished it in The book was bought by Wynwood Press, which published it in June
The day after Grisham finished A Time to Kill, he began work on another novel, the story of a young attorney lured to what seemed to be a perfect law firm. That second book, The Firm, became the bestselling novel of Grisham then went on to write at least one work a year, most of them popular bestsellers.
Did john grisham die Cancel Submit Feedback. The family splits their time among their home in Charlottesville, Virginia, a home in Destin, Florida , [ 39 ] and a condominium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Retrieved October 27, Law and politics [ edit ].Grisham has been declared "the bestselling novelist of the 90s," selling a total of 60,, copies. Grisham's novel The Pelican Brief sold 11,, books in the United States alone, making it the bestselling novel of the decade and the only novel to sell ten million books or more during a period of 10 years.