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John Grisham Is The Author Of More Than Fifty Consecutive #1 Bestsellers, Which Have Been Translated Into Nearly Fifty Languages. His Recent Books Include The Boys From Biloxi, The Judge'S List, Sooley, And His Third Jake Brigance Novel, A Time For Mercy, Which Is Being Developed By Hbo As A Limited Series. Grisham Is A Two-Time Winner Of The Harper Lee Prize For Legal Fiction And Was Honored With The Library Of Congress Creative Achievement Award For Fiction. When He'S Not Writing, Grisham Serves On The Board Of Directors Of The Innocence Project And Of Centurion Ministries, Two National Organizations Dedicated To Exonerating Those Who Have Been Wrongfully Convicted. Much Of His Fiction Explores Deep-Seated Problems In Our Criminal Justice System. John Lives On A Farm In Central Virginia. Beginning With The Firm In 1991, John Grisham Has Published At Least One #1 Bestseller Every Year. His Books Have Been Translated Into 45 Languages And Have Sold Over 350 Million Copies Worldwide. Ten Have Been Adapted To Film, Including The Firm, The Pelican Brief, And A Time To Kill. His Theodore Boone Series For Young Readers Is Now In Development At Netflix. An Avid Sports Fan, He Has Written Two Novels About Football, One About Baseball, And In 2021 He Published Sooley, A Story Set In The World Of College Basketball. His Lone Work Of Non-Fiction, The Innocent Man, Was Adapted Into A Six-Part Netflix Docuseries. He Is The Two-Time Winner Of The Harper Lee Prize For Legal Fiction And Was Distinguished With The Library Of Congress Creative Achievement Award For Fiction. When He'S Not Writing, He Serves On The Board Of Directors Of The Innocence Project And Centurion Ministries, Two National Organizations Dedicated To Exonerating Those Who Have Been Wrongfully Convicted. Much Of His Recent Fiction Explores Deep-Seated Problems In Our Criminal Justice Systems. A Graduate Of Mississippi State University And Ole Miss Law School, He Lives On A Farm In Central Virginia, Around The Corner From The Youth Baseball Complex He Built In 1996. He Still Serves As Its Commissioner. John Grisham Is The Author Of Forty-Seven Consecutive #1 Bestsellers, Which Have Been Translated Into Nearly Fifty Languages. His Recent Books Include The Judge'S List, Sooley, And His Third Jake Brigance Novel, A Time For Mercy, Which Is Being Developed By Hbo As A Limited Series. Since The Firm In 1991, John Grisham Has Published A Number One Bestseller Every Year. Nine Have Been Adapted To Film, Including The Firm, The Pelican Brief And A Time To Kill. His First Work Of Non-Fiction, The Innocent Man, Was Adapted Into A Six-Part Netflix Docuseries; His Second, Framed, Highlights Work With Organisations Dedicated To Exonerating Those Who Have Been Wrongfully Convicted. John Grisham As A Child Dreamed Of Being A Professional Baseball Player. After Graduating From Law School At Ole Miss In 1981, He Went On To Practice Law For Nearly A Decade, Specialising In Criminal Defense And Personal Injury Litigation. One Day, Grisham Overheard The Harrowing Testimony Of A Twelve-Year-Old Rape Victim And Was Inspired To Start A Novel Exploring What Would Have Happened If The Girl'S Father Had Murdered Her Assailants. Getting Up At 5 A.M. Every Day To Get In Several Hours Of Writing Time Before Heading Off To Work, Grisham Spent Three Years On A Time To Kill And Finished It In 1987. His Next Novel, The Firm , Spent 47 Weeks On The New York Times Bestseller List And Became The Bestselling Novel Of 1991. Since Then, He Has Written One Novel A Year, Including The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker And The Runaway Jury . Today, Grisham Has Written A Collection Of Stories, A Work Of Non-Fiction, Three Sports Novels, Five Kids' Books, And Many Legal Thrillers. His Work Has Been Translated Into 42 Languages. He Lives Near Charlottesville, Virginia. Getting Up At 5 Am Every Day To Get In Several Hours Of Writing Time Before Heading Off To Work, Grisham Spent Three Years On A Time To Kill And Finished It In 1987. His Next Novel, The Firm, Spent 47 Weeks On The New York Times Bestseller List And Became The Bestselling Novel Of 1991. Since Then, He Has Written One Novel A Year, Including The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker And The Runaway Jury.