A graduate of Mississippi State University and Ole Miss Law School,
John Grisham obtained his law degree in 1981 and practiced law for
about 10 years, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury
litigation. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives
in 1983 and served until 1990. He gave up his law practice to write
full-time. He began writing in 1984, and three years later finished his
first novel, "A Time To Kill", published by Wynwood Press in June 1988.
He is the best-selling author of "A Time to Kill", "The Firm", "The
Pelican Brief" and "The Client". He lives with his wife and their two
children on a farm in Oxford, Mississippi.
The Rainmaker(2025)
La trampa(2022)
A Time for Mercy(2020)
The Innocent Man(2018)
The Firm(2012)
Mickey(2004)as Commissioner
A Painted House(2003)as Narrator
The Street Lawyer(2003)
CBS Mornings(2012)as Self, Self - Author
Jeopardy!(1984)as Self - Clue Giver
The View(1997)as Self, Self - Guest
Morning Joe(2007)as Self
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley(1979)as Self, Self - Guest
Morning Joe: Weekend(2023)as Self
Bloomberg Game Changers(2010)as Self - Author
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'(2007)as Self
