John grisham biography
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John Grisham
John Ray Grisham Jr. (born February 8, ) is an Americanpolitician, lawyer, and writer.
Biography and career
[change | change source]He was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father worked as a construction worker and a cottonfarmer. After moving often, the family settled in in the town of Southaven in De Soto County, Mississippi, and he graduated from Southaven High School. ung Grisham loved to read. In , Grisham received a grad from Mississippi State University. He earned his Juris Doctor grad from the University of Mississippi School of lag in After leaving lag school, he entered a small-town general law practice for nearly 10 years in Southaven, MS where he paid a lot of attention on criminallaw and civil law.
In , he was elected as a Democrat to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served until During this time, he continued his private law practice in Southaven.
In at the dem Soto County courthouse in Hernando, Grisham witnessed the t
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The Writer
John Grisham, Jr., was born in in Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a construction worker and cotton farmer, and his mother was a homemaker. The family moved frequently but finally settled in Southaven, Mississippi, in
Young John dreamed of becoming a pro baseball player and even tried out for the Delta State University team, but eventually realized he "didn't have the right stuff." He changed his focus, earning a B.S. in accounting from Mississippi State University in He enrolled at the University of Mississippi with the intention of studying tax law but soon found that he did not enjoy it and turned his attention to criminal law.
After earning his law degree in , he opened his own practice, working in criminal defense and personal injury litigation for almost ten years.
In , he ran for the office of State Representative in Mississippi's Seventh District as a Democrat and won. By his second term, he was vice-chairman of the Apportionment and Elections Committee,
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John Grisham
American writer (born )
"Grisham" redirects here. For other people with the name, see Grisham (surname). For other uses, see Grisham (disambiguation).
John Ray Grisham Jr. (; born February 8, )[1][2] 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 million copies worldwide.[3] 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.[4][5]
Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in He practiced criminal law for about a decade and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from to [6] Grisham's fi