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John Grisham Novels In Chronological Order
1989 - A Time to Kill 1991 - The Firm  1992 - The Pelican Brief  1993 - The Client  1994 - The Chamber  1995 - The Rainmaker  1996 - The Runaway Jury  1997 - The Partner  1998 - The Street Lawyer  1999 - The Testament 
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2000 - The Brethren 2001 - A Painted House  2001 - Skipping Christmas  2002 - The Summons  2003 - The King of Torts  2003 - Bleachers  2004 - The Last Juror  2005 - The Broker  2006 - The Innocent Man  2007 - Playing for Pizza 
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2008 - The Appeal 2009 - The Associate  2009 - Ford County: Stories  2010 - Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer  2010 - The Confession  2011 - Theodore Boone: The Abduction  2011 - The Litigators  2012 - Calico Joe  2012 - The Racketeer  2013 - Theodore Boone: The Activist 
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John Grisham Bio
The unchallenged master of the legal thriller, John Grisham was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on February 8, 1955, the second of five siblings. His family, headed by his father who was a construction worker and a cotton farmer, moved frequently until 1967 when they settled in Southaven, a small town in De Soto County, Mississippi.
Young John loved baseball and grew up with dreams of a professional career. Encouraged by his mother, he also became an avid reader. He was especially influenced by John Steinbeck whose clarity he admired. Eventually, he realized that pro ball wasn't in the cards so he applied himself to academics. Toward this end he attended Mississippi State University where he majored in accounting. While a student, Grisham began keeping a journal and thus developed the writing habit. He proceeded to get a law degree in 1981 and went on to practice small-town general law in Southaven for nearly a decade, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. In time, he became bored with criminal law and successful at civil law.
In 1983, he was elected to the Mississippi state House of Representatives and served until 1990.
After overhearing the harrowing testimony of a twelve-year-old rape victim, Grisham was inspired to start a novel that explored what might have happened if the girl's father had murdered her assailants. Rising at 5 a.m. every day, he put in several hours of writing before heading off to work. It took him 3 years to complete A Time to Kill. He finished it in 1987. Though it was rejected by several publishers, Wynwood press eventually purchased it, published it in June 1988 and launched it with a modest 5,000 copy printing.¹
(¹ Read the complete bio @ Ace's Bio-Farm.)
John Grisham Quotes
"I can’t imagine another non-fiction book in my future. I have way too much fun with the novels."
"Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers—the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff."
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