John Grisham

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John Ray Grisham Jr born February 8 1955  is an American author best known for his popular legal thrillers John Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University before attending the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981 and practiced criminal law for about a decade He also served in the House of Representatives in Mississippi from January 1984 to September 1990  Beginning writing in 1984 he had his first novel A Time To Kill published in June 1989 As of 2008 his books had sold over 250 million copies worldwide A Galaxy British Book Awards winner Grisham is one of only three authors to sell two million copies on a first printing the others being Tom Clancy and J K Rowling Grishams first best seller was The Firm Released in 1991 it sold more than seven million copies The book was adapted as a feature film In addition seven more of his novels The Chamber The Client A Painted House The Pelican Brief The Rainmaker The Runaway Jury and A Time to Kill were adapted as movies His books have been translated into 29 languages and published worldwide  His other bestselling books include The Testament The Summons and The Broker Description above from the Wikipedia article John Grisham licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia