![]() ![]() Grisham practiced law for about a decade and also won election as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990 at an annual salary of $8,000. He decided to return to his hometown as a trial lawyer, but his interest shifted to general civil litigation. But he was soon overcome by "the complexity and lunacy" of it. He later enrolled in the University of Mississippi School of Law planning to become a tax lawyer. He graduated from Mississippi State University in 1977, receiving a BS degree in accounting. Grisham drifted so much during his time at the college that he changed colleges three times before completing a degree. He went to the Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi and later attended Delta State University in Cleveland. By this time, Grisham was halfway through college. A confrontation with a company spy posing as a customer convinced him to leave the store. He was given another raise after asking to be transferred to toys and then to appliances. ![]() His next work was in retail, as a salesclerk in a department store men's underwear section, which he described as "humiliating." He decided to quit but stayed when he was offered a raise. He did not come out until after the police had "hauled away rednecks." He hitchhiked home and started thinking about college. A fight broke out among the crew with gunfire, and Grisham ran to the restroom for safety. It was during this time that an unfortunate incident made him think more seriously about college. Through a contact of his father, he managed to find work on a highway asphalt crew in Mississippi at the age of 17. At 16, Grisham took a job with a plumbing contractor. He was soon promoted to a fence crew for $1.50 an hour. neither of his parents had advanced education, he was encouraged to read and prepare for college.Īs a teenager, Grisham worked for a nursery watering bushes for $1.00 an hour. As a child, Grisham wanted to be a baseball player. When Grisham was four years old, his family started traveling around the South, until they finally settled in Southaven in DeSoto County, Mississippi. ![]() His father was a construction worker and cotton farmer his mother a homemaker. Grisham, the second oldest of five siblings, was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Wanda Skidmore Grisham and John Grisham. Grisham is one of only three authors to sell two million copies on a first printing the others are Tom Clancy and J.K. His books have been translated into 29 languages and published worldwide.Īs of 2008, his books had sold over 250 million copies worldwide. The book was later adapted into a feature film, of the same name starring Tom Cruise in 1993, and a TV series in 2012 which "continues the story of attorney Mitchell McDeere and his family 10 years after the events of the film and novel." Eight of his other novels have also been adapted into films: The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, Skipping Christmas, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and his first novel, A Time to Kill. Released in 1991, it sold more than seven million copies. He has written more than 25 novels, a short story collection ( Ford County), two works of nonfiction, and a children's series. is an American lawyer, politician, and author, best known for his popular legal thrillers.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |