Birthdate: 8 February 1955, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA Spouse:
'Renee Jones' (8 May 1981 - present); 2 children Today presence:
John, Renee, and their children have lived in Charlottesville, VA for
the past several years. Technically he does still own the house in
Oxford, but they haven't really lived in it even before the tacky
"manufactured housing" community formed right next door.
Biography
A graduate of Missippi State University and Ole Miss Law School, he
finished his law degree in 1981 and afterwards practiced law for about
10 years, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury
litigation. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1983 and
served until 1990. John Grisham recently gave up his law practice to
write full-time. He began writing in 1984, and three years later
finished his first novel, A Time To Kill, published by Wynwood Press in
June 1988. He is the best-selling author of A Time to Kill, The Firm,
The Pelican Brief and The Client. He lives with his wife and their two
children on a farm in Oxford, Mississippi. Author: Anonymous
Trivia
Received bachelor's degree from Mississippi State University
Before becoming a writer, John Grisham was a lawyer.
Coaches little league baseball.
John Grisham's novels: A Time to Kill (1989), The Firm (1991), The
Pelican Brief (1992), The Client (1993), The Chamber (1994), The
Rainmaker (1995), The Runaway Jury (1996), The Partner (1997), The
Street Lawyer (1998), The Testament (1999), The Bretheren (2000), A
Painted House (2001) Skipping Christmas (2001) The Summons (2002)
John Grisham has sold 60,742,288 copies of his books, making him the
best-selling author of the 1990s.
Filming Salary
'Firm, The (1993)' -> $100,000
Article(s)
"Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 11 February 2000, Vol. 1, Iss. 525, pg. 36-40, by: Benjamin Svetkey, "Making HIs Case"
"Cinema" (Hungary), September 1998, Iss. 82, pg. 94, by: ag, "A bestselleríró"
"Diário de Notícias" (Portugal), 20 March 1998, pg. 3
"Playboy" (Germay), May 1996, pg. 106-109, by: Ed Hinton, "Der große Grisham"
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