
Because of its immense success, Grisham left his law and political career to pursue writing full-time. John Grisham wrote his second novel, The Firm, four years after he published his first book while serving in the state legislature. The plot of this John Grisham’s book was based on an actual court case he heard from a young girl he met in the courts in 1984. Who Is John Grisham?īorn in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on February 8, 1955, John Grisham was a criminal defense attorney in Southaven, Mississippi, before he worked on his first book, A Time to Kill. Some of his most famous works were also adapted into feature films such as The Firm, which starred Tom Cruise as the main protagonist. John Grisham sold more than 275 million copies of his books worldwide.

Here is the complete list of books published by John Grisham, an American legal thriller author, activist, politician, and attorney.
