JohnRayGrishamJr.(/ˈɡrɪʃəm/;bornFebruary8,1955)[2][3]isanAmericanbestsellingwriter,attorney,politician,andactivistbestknownforhispopularlegalthrillers.Hisbookshavebeentranslatedinto42languagesandpublishedworldwide. JohnGrishamgraduatedfromMississippiStateUniversitybeforeattendingtheUniversityofMississippiSchoolofLawin1981.Hepracticedcriminallawforaboutadecadeand...(展开全部) JohnRayGrishamJr.(/ˈɡrɪʃəm/;bornFebruary8,1955)[2][3]isanAmericanbestsellingwriter,attorney,politician,andactivistbestknownforhispopularlegalthrillers.Hisbookshavebeentranslatedinto42languagesandpublishedworldwide. JohnGrishamgraduatedfromMississippiStateUniversitybeforeattendingtheUniversityofMississippiSchoolofLawin1981.HepracticedcriminallawforaboutadecadeandservedintheHouseofRepresentativesinMississippifromJanuary1984toSeptember1990.[4] Hisfirstnovel,ATimetoKill,waspublishedinJune1989,fouryearsafterhebeganwritingit.Asof2012,hisbookshavesoldover275millioncopiesworldwide.[5]AGalaxyBritishBookAwardswinner,Grishamisoneofonlythreeauthorstosell2millioncopiesonafirstprinting.[6] Grisham'sfirstbestseller,TheFirm,soldmorethansevenmillioncopies.[2]Thebookwasadaptedintoa1993featurefilmofthesamename,starringTomCruise,anda2012TVserieswhich"continuesthestoryofattorneyMitchellMcDeereandhisfamily10yearsaftertheeventsofthefilmandnovel."[7] Eightofhisothernovelshavealsobeenadaptedintofilms:TheChamber,TheClient,APaintedHouse,ThePelicanBrief,TheRainmaker,TheRunawayJury,SkippingChristmas,andATimetoKill.[8]