His father was a construction worker and a cotton farmer, and his mother was a homemaker. Grisham, the second of five children, was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Wanda (née Skidmore) and John Ray Grisham. 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.

The book was adapted into a 1993 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise, and a 2012 TV series which continues the story ten years after the events of the film and novel. Grisham's first bestseller, The Firm, sold more than seven million copies. Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in June 1989, four years after he began writing it. He practised criminal law for about a decade and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990. Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. Rowling, Grisham is one of only three authors to have sold two million copies on the first printing. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 28 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. ( / ˈ ɡ r ɪ ʃ ə m/ born February 8, 1955, in Jonesboro, Arkansas) is an American novelist, lawyer and former member of the 7th district of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his popular legal thrillers.

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