John Grisham

John Grisham

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John Grisham is an internationally best-selling American author of more than thirty novels, a number of which have become popular films and television shows.

Grisham’s first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in 1988. Since then Grisham’s popular novels have sold more than 275 million copies worldwide. Discover where it all began for the prolific crime writer – listen to the A Time to Kill audiobook, narrated by Michael Beck.

Before he began writing novels, Grisham worked as a lawyer and served as a state politician for a time in Mississippi. The influence of this experience is evident in the crime fiction and legal thrillers for which Grisham is renowned.

A number of Grisham’s popular novels have been adapted for film – including his 1991 best-seller, The Firm, which became a movie starring Tom Cruise in 1993. A television series based on The Firm aired in 2012, starring Josh Lucas. Listen to The Firm audiobook, narrated by Scott Brick. Other novels by Grisham that have been adapted for film include The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, Skipping Christmas, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and A Time to Kill.

Grisham is the recipient of many awards including the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, Galaxy British Lifetime Achievement Award, Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award, and the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. John Grisham was born 8 February 1955 in Arkansas, United States.