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John Grisham

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             Grisham is extremely religious, so much in fact, that out of all that he has accomplished the most important day of his life is when he was eight years old and accepted Christ (Ferranti 2). Since Grisham is religious his morals were tested a lot as a lawyer. The first case he ever tried he won. The client he was defending claimed "self defense" after shooting his wife's lover six times in the head at point blank range. Grisham was rather uncomfortable with the victory because the dead man pulled a .22 pistol shot one round that bounced off the man's chest. His law practice was hurt because he would not accept some cases because of his religion. He also found himself doing a lot of pro bono work, work for free, for churches that were in financial trouble (Ferranti 2). Grisham started out practicing criminal law, and then he switched to civil law and won one of the biggest settlements ever in Desoto County. The case he tried was about a little boy who suffered burns over 92 percent of his body from a water heater accident (Pringle 2). .
             Grisham's first project in writing was inspired by a case that he could not stop obsessing about. The case was about a twelve year old girl who got raped and was left for dead, and Grisham started wondering what would happen if the father killed the rapist (Pringle 2). Grisham then started to lie to his wife, and tell her he was driving to Senatobia, Mississippi, to file a deposition. He would then instead sneak off to Oxford purchase cigars, and drive out to William Falkner's old farm. During these trips he got out a legal pad and started writing his first novel A Time To Kill (Pringle 2). About the same time he started writing his book in 1983 he ran successfully for the Mississippi legislature. He ran as a Democrat in the state Senate from 1984 to 1990. Grisham wrote A Time to Kill on a computer in his two bedroom brick house in a small space between his washer and dryer (Ferranti 2).


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1. John Grisham

... of one day becoming a professional baseball player. Although he is now an American author, in high school "he got a D in English." (Background and Education) In 1973, John Grisham graduated from Southaven High School. The fall after graduation, he started school at Northwest Junior College in Senatobia, Mississippi and played baseball there his first year. "The next year he ... a degree in accounting. "While studying at MSU, the author began keeping a journal, a practice that would later assist in his creative endeavors." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ John_Grisham) In 1977, Grisham gra...

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3. The Life and Career of John Grisham

... the most aspiring authors of all time, you cannot leave out John Grisham. Grisham, who was born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, has become an international phenomenon for his legal novels. "Frequently moving from town to town, Grisham and his family finally settled in Southaven, Mississippi in 1967." (The Hall of Arts) "Until Grisham embarked on his professional career, he never had an interest ... sold 5,000 copies, when he decided to work on his second work, The Firm. "This novel spent 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list in 1991." (Grisham Biography) From this p...

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