John Grisham is an American writer and former attorney and politician, best known for his popular legal thrillers. Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill, was written and published in 1989 while he served in the House of Representatives in Mississippi. Many of his books have been adapted into films and television shows, including his first best seller, The Firm. Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.
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The Widow: A Novel
The Widow: A Novel
A small-town lawyer gets caught up in a race to catch a killer and reclaim his own innocence in John Grisham’s latest.
Grisham Takes on the Criminal Justice System
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Shaken: The Rush to Execute an Innocent Man
Shaken: The Rush to Execute an Innocent Man
The master of the legal thriller returns with a harrowing true story of a man on death row, waiting to prove his innocence. Shaken tells the story of Robert Robertson, a man Grisham argues was wrongfully convicted of murder due to flaws and failures during the investigation. Available 6/9/26 — order your copy now!
