John Grisham

Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University before attending the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He practiced criminal law for about a decade and served in the House of Representatives in Mississippi from January 1984 to September 1990.\n', '

His first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in June 1989, four years after he began writing it. As of 2012, his books have sold over 275 million copies worldwide.\n', '

A Galaxy British Book Awards winner, Grisham is one of only three authors to sell 2 million copies on a first printing, the other two being Tom Clancy and J. K. Rowling. \n', '