![]() ![]() ![]() 1989: John Grisham’s first novel, A Time to Kill, is a legal suspense thriller that was adapted into hit motion picture. By his second term he held the vice chairmanship of the Apportionment and Elections Committee, as well as memberships on the Insurance, Judiciary “A” and Military Affairs Committee. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1983. ![]() After graduating from the University of Mississippi law school, he returned to Southaven and established a small private legal practice. While in law school, his interest shifted from tax law to criminal law and litigation. After abandoning a youthful dream of a professional baseball career, he settled down to study accounting and prepare for a career as a tax lawyer. He attended three different colleges before earning a degree. For his first two years in college, he drifted. John Grisham has sold more than 300 million books and has had 28 consecutive number one fiction bestsellers.īy his own account, John Grisham had no interest in writing until after he embarked on his professional career. Although his parents lacked formal education, his mother encouraged him to read and insisted that he prepare himself for college. ![]() His father, a cotton farmer and itinerant construction worker, moved the family frequently, from town to town throughout the Deep South, settling in Southaven, Mississippi in 1967. John Grisham was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas. ![]()
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