Grisham

British

/ ˈɡrɪʃəm /

noun

John. born 1955, US novelist and lawyer; his legal thrillers, many of which have been filmed, include A Time to Kill (1989), The Pelican Brief (1992), and The Summons (2002)

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There are people with habits, and then there is John Grisham.

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Grisham, now 70 years old, still finds the morning hours his most productive.

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Grisham’s books have sold nearly 500 million copies globally, his agent says.

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A few years back, it seemed that Grisham might have run out of magic.

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It is hard to claw your way to the top and stay there, Grisham said, in a telephone interview from the home he shares with his wife Renee and a rescue dog named Wiley.

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