John Grisham

American writer

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2018 During his Fall Convocation address to new students at Mississippi State University, John Grisham expressed his fondness for the university, highlighting the diverse student body and various activities it offered.
October 2017 Grisham released 'The Rooster Bar', which was described as 'his most original work yet'.
June 2017 Grisham published 'Camino Island', which appeared at the top of several bestseller lists.
2016 John Grisham supported Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
2015 John Grisham, along with about 60 others, signed a letter published in the Clarion-Ledger urging the removal of the Confederate flag inset from the Mississippi state flag.
November 2015 Grisham's novel 'Rogue Lawyer' topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list for two weeks.
2014 John Grisham received the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for his novel 'Sycamore Row.'
2013 John Grisham wrote an article for The New York Times discussing an unjustly held prisoner at Guantanamo.
2013 Grisham's works reached the top five in the US bestseller list.
2012 A television series adaptation of The Firm was released, continuing the story ten years after the events of the original film and novel.
2012 'The Racketeer' also achieved the number one position on The New York Times bestseller list.
2012 The Law Library at the University of Mississippi School of Law was renamed in honor of John Grisham, after being named for more than a decade after the late Senator James Eastland.
2011 John Grisham won the inaugural Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for his work 'The Confession.'
2011 Grisham's novel 'The Litigators' reached the top spot on The New York Times bestseller list.
2010 Grisham began writing a series of legal thrillers for children featuring the character Theodore Boone.

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