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John Grisham

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Also known as John Ray Grisham, Jr., John Ray Grisham Jr

American writer (born 1955)

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John Grisham is an American writer, lawyer, novelist, and politician who was born on February 8, 1955, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he has resided in Southaven, Oxford, Charlottesville, and Chapel Hill. Grisham is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and writes in English. His professional work began in 1989, focusing on the fields of law and literature, with a primary genre of legal thriller.

He received education at Mississippi State University, the University of Mississippi, the University of Mississippi School of Law, and Delta State University. Grisham has cited John le Carré, John Steinbeck, and William Faulkner as influences. His bibliography includes works such as *The Brethren* and *Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 5 1992*.

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Person · Open Library

Born
8 February 1955
Works
681

Top works

  • The Brethren
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  • הרי הפחם
  • Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 5 1992
  • KSIĄŻKI WYBRANE

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Film & TV

Writing · Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA

John Ray Grisham Jr. (/ˈɡrɪʃəm/; born February 8, 1955) is an American novelist, lawyer, and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K.…

Known for

  • The Soul of America — Self2020
  • BookTube — Self2019
  • Hot Coffee — Self2011
  • Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' — Self2007
  • The Colbert Report2005
  • Mickey — Commissioner2004
  • A Painted House — Narrator (uncredited)2003
  • The View — Self - Guest1997
  • The View — Self1997
  • The Daily Show — Self1996

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1955
has german audiobooks

Discography

Official siteDiscogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4,529
Total plays
179,594

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John Ray Grisham Jr. (born February 8, 1955) is a former politician, retired attorney, American novelist and author best known for his works of modern legal drama. The second eldest of four siblings was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Southern Baptist parents of modest means. His father worked as a construction worker and a cotton farmer. After moving frequently, the family settled in 1967 in the town of Southaven in De Soto County, Mississippi, and he graduated from Southaven High School. <a h

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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    · 1996 · cited 204,591x

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    · 2000 · cited 36,910x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,581x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,131x

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Quotes

  • “Very few laws remain the same. Once enacted, they are likely to be studied, modified, amended, then often repealed altogether. This constant tinkering by judges and lawmakers is usually a good thing. Bad laws are weeded out. Weak laws are improved. Good laws are fine tuned.”
  • “He's a two-faced, cutthroat, dirt-dumb, chickenshit, slimy little bastard... with a bright future in politics.”
  • “My name became a brand, and I'd love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books.”

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Encyclopedic overview

John Ray Grisham Jr. (/ˈɡrɪʃəm/ GRISH-əm; born February 8, 1955) is an American writer, lawyer, and former politician, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K. Rowling, Grisham is one of only three Anglophone authors to have sold two million copies on the first printing.

Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He practiced criminal law for about a decade and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990. Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in June 1989, four years after he began writing it. It was later adapted into the 1996 feature film of the same name. Grisham's first bestseller, The Firm, sold more than seven million copies, and was also adapted into a 1993 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise, and a 2012 TV series that continues the story ten years after the events of the film and novel. Seven of his other novels have also been adapted into films: The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas.

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