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John Ray Grisham Jr. was born on 8 February, 1955, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He is an American author who is famously known for his courtroom dramas and legal thrillers. He is one of the only two authors who have sold two million copies on the first printing itself. He is also the winner Galaxy British Book Awards.

His father John Grisham was a cotton farmer and a construction worker while his mother was the homemaker. He was the second oldest of the five children. At the age of four his family moved to Southaven in DeSoto County, Mississippi. As a child he always wanted to be a professional baseball player but his mother encouraged him to study and prepare for college though she was uneducated.

John went to Northwest Junior College in Senatobia, Mississippi. And later to Delta State University in Cleveland. While at college he drifted away a bit and had to change colleges three times. He was however able to graduate from Mississippi State University in the year 1977. From there he enrolled himself in Ole Miss Law School where he graduated, specializing in criminal law.

For about a decade he practiced law which also won him the election as a Democrat in the Mississippi State Legislature from the year 1983 to 1990. His first novel A Time to Kill was published in the year 1989 after it was rejected by 28 publishers.

At the age of 36, he stopped practicing law after his second novel- The Firm that became a huge success. The novel remained in the New York Times Bestseller’s list for 47 weeks. In the year 1991 it became the 7th bestselling novel.

 
In the year 1992, his next novel The Pelican Brief was published. This was followed by The Client in 1993. Both the novels came out at the number one spot in New York Times Bestseller list. Following this his reputation as a master of legal thriller became undeniable. He wrote so many other novels after The Client which includes, The Chamber, The Runaway Jury, The Rainmaker, The Partner, The Summons, The Brethren, A Painted House, Skipping Christmas, The Broker, The Last Jurors and so many others. All of these have become international bestsellers. At present there are over 250 million copies of his books in print. Out of all his massive writing works nine have been made in to films.

John Grisham lives with his wife Renee Jones who he married on 8th May, 1981. The couple is blessed with two children, Shea and Ty. The family lives in Oxford, Mississippi and Charlottesville, Virginia.

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