John Grisham
American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1955 · age 71
John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American writer, lawyer, and former politician, 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.
John Grisham is read about 2,827 times a day, in 66 languages.
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Joel Schumacher Directed The Client and A Time to Kill- Steven Reuther Produced The Client and The Rainmaker
Gene Hackman Also in The Firm and Runaway Jury
M. Emmet Walsh John produced A Time to Kill (1996)
John Diehl John produced A Time to Kill (1996)
Anthony Heald John wrote The Pelican Brief (1994)
Mike Pniewski Also in The Gingerbread Man and Runaway Jury
Sandra Bullock John produced A Time to Kill (1996)
Francis Ford Coppola Directed The Rainmaker (1997)
Michael Douglas Produced The Rainmaker (1997)
Samuel L. Jackson John produced A Time to Kill (1996)
Donald Sutherland John produced A Time to Kill (1996)
Kevin Spacey John produced A Time to Kill (1996)
Sydney Pollack Directed The Firm (1993)
Robert Altman Directed The Gingerbread Man (1998)
Ashley Judd John produced A Time to Kill (1996)
Chris Cooper John produced A Time to Kill (1996)
Alan J. Pakula Directed The Pelican Brief (1993)
Harry Connick Jr. John produced Mickey (2004)
Elliot Goldenthal John produced A Time to Kill (1996)
Sonny Shroyer Also in The Rainmaker and The Gingerbread Man
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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.
