John Grisham
Manusforfatter, Produsent, Skuespiller
8. februar 1955 (71 år)
John Ray Grisham Jr. (/ˈɡrɪʃəm/; born February 8, 1955) is an American novelist, lawyer, and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K. Rowling, Grisham is one of only three Anglophone authors to have sold two million copies on the first printing.
Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He practiced criminal law for about a decade and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990.[6] Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in June 1989, four years after he began writing it. It was later adapted into the 1996 feature film of the same name. Grisham's first bestseller, The Firm, sold more than seven million copiesand was also adapted into a 1993 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise, and a 2012 TV series that continues the story ten years after the events of the film and novel. Seven of his other novels have also been adapted into films: The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas.
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Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He practiced criminal law for about a decade and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990.[6] Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in June 1989, four years after he began writing it. It was later adapted into the 1996 feature film of the same name. Grisham's first bestseller, The Firm, sold more than seven million copiesand was also adapted into a 1993 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise, and a 2012 TV series that continues the story ten years after the events of the film and novel. Seven of his other novels have also been adapted into films: The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas.
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| 2025 | The Rainmaker · as Novel |
| 2012 | The Firm · as NovelPå Plex |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks · as Novel |
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| 2003 | Runaway Jury · as NovelPå Plex |
| 2003 | A Painted House · as NovelPå Plex |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker · as Novel |
| 1996 | The Chamber · as Novel |
| 1996 | A Time to Kill · as Novel |
| 1995 | The Client · as Novel |
| 1994 | The Client · as Novel |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief · as Novel |
| 1993 | The Firm · as Novel |
The Associate · as Novel |
| 2025 | The Rainmaker · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | The Innocent Man (2018) · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | The Firm · as Executive ProducerPå Plex |
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| 2003 | The Street Lawyer · as Executive Producer |
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| 2023 | Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom · as Self - Bestselling Author And Former Lawyer |
| 2021 | Chasing Whiskey · as Self |
| 2020 | The Soul of America · as Self |
| 2018 | The Innocent Man (2018) · as Self |
| 2016 | Sunday Today with Willie Geist · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings · as Self |
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| 2011 | Hot Coffee · as Self |
| 2011 | Piers Morgan Tonight · as Self |
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| 2018 | The Innocent Man (2018) · as Based On The Book By |
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| 1998 | The Gingerbread Man · as Story |