John Grisham, author portrait
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John Grisham

JOHN GRISHAM is the author of more than fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include Framed, Camino Ghosts and The Exchange: After the Firm.

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.
Framed
Sooley
Theodore Boone: The Accomplice
Theodore Boone: The Scandal
Theodore Boone: The Fugitive
Theodore Boone: The Activist
Theodore Boone: The Accused
Theodore Boone: The Abduction
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
A Time to Kill

John Grisham on the writers that inspire him | authorcuts

John Grisham on his literary influences | Author Shorts

John Grisham on his regimented writing routine | Author Shorts

Books

Framed
Sooley
Theodore Boone: The Accomplice
Theodore Boone: The Scandal
Theodore Boone: The Fugitive
Theodore Boone: The Activist
Theodore Boone: The Accused
Theodore Boone: The Abduction
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
A Time to Kill

Media

John Grisham on the writers that inspire him | authorcuts

John Grisham on his literary influences | Author Shorts

John Grisham on his regimented writing routine | Author Shorts

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