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John Grisham
John Ray Grisham Jr. 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 mill…
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Born 8 February 1955 · Q106465
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 11,132 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.4× the usual 1,512, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 3 entries
WWNO: In John Grisham's The Widow, a routine case leads to greed and murder
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CBS News: John Grisham
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collider: Tom Holland To Lead Your New Favorite John Grisham Adaptation
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2024· 2 entries
WBUR: Wrongful convictions are at the center of John Grisham's book 'Framed'
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Released album “Rogue Lawyer”.
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2023· 3 entries
Yahoo: John Grisham’s latest is the long-awaited sequel to the 1991 bestseller ‘The Firm’
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Yahoo: Book Review: John Grisham brings back 'The Firm' star Mitch McDeere in 'The Exchange'
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New York Daily News: John Grisham’s sequel to ‘The Firm’ coming out this fall
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2019· 2 entries
Released album “The Guardians”.
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Released album “Theodore Boone: The Accomplice”.
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2018· 2 entries
Released album “The Reckoning”.
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Awarded Lucien Barrière Literary Award (2018).
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2017· 4 entries
Released album “The Rooster Bar”.
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Was called "his most original work yet", in The News Herald, and a "buoyant, mischievous thriller" in The New York Times
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Released album “Camino Island: A Novel”.
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Grisham released two legal thrillers
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2016· 3 entries
Released album “The Whistler”.
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Released album “Witness to a Trial: A Short Story Prequel to The Whistler”.
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Released album “Theodore Boone: The Scandal”.
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “Theodore Boone: The Fugitive”.
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Grisham, along with about 60 others, signed a letter published in the Clarion-Ledger urging that an inset within the flag of Mississippi containing a Confederate flag be removed
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2014· 2 entries
Released album “Gray Mountain”.
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Awarded Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for Sycamore Row (2014).
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2013· 4 entries
Released album “Sycamore Row”.
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Released album “The Activist: Theodore Boone”.
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Again reached the top five in the US best-seller list
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About an unjustly held prisoner at Guantanamo
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2012· 3 entries
Released album “The Racketeer”.
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Released album “Theodore Boone: The Accused”.
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The Law Library at the University of Mississippi School of Law was renamed in his honor
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2011· 5 entries
Awarded Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction (2011).
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Released album “Theodore Boone: The Abduction”.
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Released album “A Time to Kill”.
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The inaugural Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for The Confession
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And 2012, his novels The Litigators and The Racketeer claimed the top spot in The New York Times best seller list
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2010· 3 entries
Released album “The Confession”.
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Released album “Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer”.
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Grisham started writing a series of legal thrillers for children
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2009· 2 entries
Released album “Ford County: Stories”.
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Awarded Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction (2009).
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2007· 2 entries
Released album “Playing for Pizza: A Novel”.
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Number one in 2008, and number two in 2009
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded Helmerich Award (2005).
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Grisham received the Peggy V
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2004· 1 entry
The Last Juror ended the year at number four, and in 2005 he overtook The Da Vinci Code and returned to number one for the year with The Broker
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2003· 2 entries
Released album “The Last Juror”.
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And 2004, he missed the number one bestseller of the year due to the success of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, but he once again produced two novels which ended the year in the top 5
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “The Summons”.
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Once again claimed the number one book of the year with The Summons
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “A Painted House: A Novel”.
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Grisham did not have the bestselling book of the year, but had both the second and third books on the list with Skipping Christmas and A Painted House
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2000· 4 entries
Released album “The Runaway Jury”.
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Released album “The Partner”.
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Released album “The Rainmaker”.
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Released album “The Brethren”.
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1999· 3 entries
Released album “The Pelican Brief”.
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Released album “The Client”.
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Released album “The Chamber”.
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1998· 1 entry
Released album “The Street Lawyer”.
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1996· 1 entry
To represent the family of a railroad worker who was killed on the job
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1995· 3 entries
“Dobry adwokat nigdy nie zadaje pytania, nie znając odpowiedzi.”
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“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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“Miałem trzy miliony dolców w moich małych, lepkich rączkach. To cudowne uczucie. Lepsze niż seks, lepsze niż wszystko inne.”
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Bancarella Literary Prize for The Client (1994).
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Starring Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones
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1993· 1 entry
Created with his wife a foundation, entirely financed by his royalties, which contributes to Baptist missionaries in Brazil for the purchase of medicines and the construction of chapels, clinics, and schools
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1992· 2 entries
And 1993, he had the second-bestselling book of the year with The Pelican Brief and The Client, and from 1994 to 2000 he had the number one bestselling book every year
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The Firm was made into a film starring Tom Cruise and Ed Harris and was released in June 1993, grossing $270 million
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1984· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1984–1990).
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1981· 1 entry
Studied at University of Mississippi School of Law, Juris Doctor (1981).
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1977· 2 entries
With a Bachelor of Science in accounting after being inspired by a fellow student, a Vietnam veteran, who planned to go to law school
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Studied at Mississippi State University, Bachelor of Science (1977).
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1971· 1 entry
Transferred to Southaven High School, where he played football, basketball, and baseball
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-02-08.
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