John Grisham

John Grisham was born on Feb 08, 1955 in USA. John Grisham's big-screen debut came with The Firm directed by Sydney Pollack in 1993. John Grisham is known for The Innocent Man directed by Clay Tweel, Heather McPhaul stars as Peggy Carter and John Grisham as Self. John Grisham has got 1 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award John Grisham achieved is Deauville Film Festival. The upcoming new tvshow John Grisham plays is The Innocent Man - Season 1 which will be released on Dec 14, 2018.

A graduate of Mississippi State University and Ole Miss Law School, John Grisham obtained his law degree in 1981 and practiced law for about 10 years, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1983 and served until 1990. He gave up his law practice to write full-time. He began writing in 1984, and three years later finished his first novel, "A Time To Kill", published by Wynwood Press in June 1988. He is the best-selling author of "A Time to Kill", "The Firm", "The Pelican Brief" and "The Client". He lives with his wife and their two children on a farm in Oxford, Mississippi.