John Grisham - Author Biographies

John Grisham was born on February 8, 1955 was born in Jonesboro Arkansas cotton farmers a worker and a patient father and a mother, a housewife was. As a child he dreamed of a professional baseball player, but should not be. She attended Mississippi State University where he studied accounting. He graduated with a law degree at University of Mississippi in 1981.

He married Renee Jones in 1981 and have two children, Ty and Shea. He practiced criminaland civil law in Southaven, Mississippi for 10 years. He was also a representative of the State of Mississippi from 1983 to 1990. Make a farm near Oxford, Mississippi and a plantation near Charlottesville, Virginia, is the house.

John published his first book, "A Time to Kill" in 1989. He said he needed three years to write. He rose early in the morning, before writing the work of his law firm.

In 1994 he became editor of a magazine, The Oxford American.Helped to save this struggling magazine from financial ruin.

After his second book, "The Firm" was published and Paramount bought the film rights of the book, John moved from right, and took up writing full time. He published a book, usually a year since then. About his books, he says' fiction based in fact.

John Grisham was an advocate of the abolition of the death penalty, and as research for his book, "The Room". He refuses to believe in the statesanctioned murders. He believes it is morally wrong, and there are too many people who are unjustly accused. Wrote one of these cases "an innocent man, a true story." This non-fiction, computer crime, and legal thriller, the story of the botched investigation, trial and conviction of unlawful Ron Williamson of Ada, Oklahoma. He wants the people to question the death penalty.

John Grisham's books have been translated into over 29 languages and there are over 245million books in print worldwide. To date, eleven of his works were made into films. John also wrote the screenplay, "Mickey," and served as producer. The film hit the screen in 2004 and played Harry Connick, Jr. The film, "The Ginger Bread Man" was based on a novel by John Grisham.

John writes about six months to one year if they are not registered, has supported many charitable causes. Contributed 8.8 million dollars for the relief of the Gulf of Mexico, after the devastationKatrina. It also serves as the local Little League commissioner. It 'also director of the Innocence Project. This organization promotes the use of DNA testing for death row inmates, innocence determined.

Bibliography:

Fiction:
A Time to Kill (1989)
The Firm (1991)
The Pelican Brief (1992)
The Client (1993)
The Chamber (1994)
The Rainmaker (1995)
The Runaway Jury (1996)
The Partner (1997)
The Street Lawyer (1998)
The Testament(1999)
The Brothers (2000)
A Painted House (2001)
Skipping Christmas (2001)
The quotation (2002)
The King of Torts (2003)
Tiers (2003)
The Last Juror (2004)
The Broker (2005)
Playing for Pizza (2007)
The Appeal (2008)
The Associate (2009)
Ford County (2009)
Non Fiction:
The Innocent (2006)

Movies:
Mickey (2004)
Ginger Bread Man (2004)