JOHN GRISHAM

A good reading material is a traveler’s best companion which John Grisham never failed to do so. Graduating from Harry Potter series and Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga; I was first introduced to this author through a hand me down old paperback copy of The Brethren by John Grisham – it was intriguing about three disgraced former judges doing time in Florida federal prison. It was engaging and fast-paced with some clever surprises – with allusions to presidential polls and debates, campaign financing, money laundering and offshore financial finagling, I was trapped and raved for more terrific storytelling by John Grisham.

I’m a B.S Chemistry graduate, been in food manufacturing for a decade now and taking MS Environmental Science, thus, John Grisham introduced me to complete new dimension. Studying law is quite boring but reading Grisham’s novel is like being in courtroom and educating me of legal terms such as plaintiffs, denying certiorari, habeas corpus and jargon a prosecutor and defense utters during courtroom drama. Grisham had also served my legal adviser as his novels deals from complicated to simple cases that any ordinary man might encounter. The good thing about John Grisham’s novels is the consistency in providing readers great surprises, you start thinking like a lawyer and allow you to test your ethics, values and conscience as you deal wide spectrum of issues on humanity, environment, gender, money, family, love and life.

John Grisham is the author of eighteen novels and I recommend the following: The Brethren, Pelican Brief, A Time to Kill, The Client, The Innocent Man, Bleachers (I cried on this one), A Painted House, Playing for Pizza, The Firm, The Chamber, The Summons, The Testament, and The Rainmaker.

Some of John Grisham’s novels were translated to motion pictures such as: Runaway Jury (John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz); The Chamber (Chris O’Donnel , Gene Hackman); The Firm (Tom Cruise); A Time to Kill (Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey and Kevin Spacey); The Client (Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones); and Pelican Brief (Julia Roberts).

John Grisham lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his wife Renee, and their two children. A graduate of Mississippi State University and Ole Miss Law School, a lawyer and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, he gave up his law practice to write full-time.