John Grisham

ABOUT JOHN GRISHAM

American novelist whose bestselling legal thrillers have frequently been made into films. His best-known works include The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and A Time to Kill. In 2004 he wrote the original screenplay for the movie Mickey.

As a child, he wanted to become a professional baseball player. He attended several colleges before finally earning a degree in accounting from Mississippi State University. In 1983, he also received a JD from the University of Mississippi School of Law.

He is one of only a handful of novelists whose initial book printing yielded two million sold copies. Many of his novels have been adapted into films, including The Client.

He married Renee Jones in 1981. The couple and their children, Shea and Ty, took to spending portions of the year in several different locations, including a Mississippi farm and a home in the mountains of Virginia.

He and James W. Fulbright are both famous Arkansas-born authors.