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John Grisham

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American writer (born 1955)

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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. Along with Tom Clancy and J.

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John Grisham
said · Nov 25, 2011
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My name became a brand, and I'd love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books.

Interview, Guardian, Friday 25 November 2011

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Very few laws remain the same. Once enacted, they are likely to be studied, modified, amended, then often repealed altogether.

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2018Lucien Barrière Literary Award
2014Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
2011Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
2009Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
2005Helmerich Award
1994Bancarella Literary Prize

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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. 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.

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Born 1955 · age 71
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