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John Ray Grisham Jr. (/ˈɡrɪʃəm/; born February 8, 1955) is an American bestselling writer, attorney, politician, and activist best known for his popular legal thrillers. His books have been translated into 42 languages and published worldwide.

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She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads.

Baby, Directionless, Law, Pondering, Postgrads, School

I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing an outline and after a number of books I've learned that the more time I spend on the outline the easier the book is to write. And if I cheat on the outline I get in trouble with the book.

Book, Cheat, Novel, Numbers, Story, Writing

I am currently reading, "The Broker" by John Grisham. it is alittle slow to start so I will have to let you know if it gets better

Alittle, Brokers, Currently, Get Better, Grisham, Reading

The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.

Coffee, Talking, Talking About Others, Lawyers, Arrives

A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure.

Adventure, Exciting, Riveting, Tales

When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

Door, Doors, Know, Levels, Walk, Walks

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.

Clients, Fault, Faults, Misfortune, Visited, Years

The mother of a trophy wife is not automatically a trophy mother-in-law.

Automatically, Law, Mother, Trophy, Wife

Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start.

Childhood, Dream, Recall, Writing

I seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer. I wrote only after witnessing a trial.

Doubt, Seriously, Stories, Trials, Witnessing, Writer

I was on the verge of tears, so I turned and ran past the trailer and along the field road until I was safely out of their sight. Then I ducked into the cotton and waited for friendly voices. I sat on the hot ground, surrounded by stalks four feet tall, and I cried, something I really hated to do.

Feet, Hot, Past, Sight, Surrounded, Trailer

There is no devious and dangerous life. I've lived a charmed life, especially in the last thirty years since I've started publishing. I've won the lottery. And I keep winning it every year and I am so fortunate to do something I thoroughly enjoy and still enjoy after a bunch of books.

Book, Charmed, Enjoy, Publishing, Thirty, Winning

After I'd been a lawyer for about five or six years, I started playing around with fiction.

Fiction, Six, Years

I grew up in a very small, close-knit, Southern Baptist family, where everything was off-limits. So I couldn't wait to get to college and have some fun. And I did for the first two years. And I regret a lot of it, because my grades were in terrible shape.

College, Fun, Regret, Southern, Years

Very few writers understand the complex history and maddening social order of the Mississippi Delta. For Steve Yarbrough, though, it's home turf. He is wickedly observant, funny, cynical, evocative, and he possesses a gift that cannot be taught: he can tell a story.

Delta, Home, Mississippi Delta, Order, Possesses, Steve

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

Educated, Fascinating, Inmates, Places, Prison, White

You burn a man's pickup, and he's ready for war.

Burn, Men, Pickup, Ready, War

And that's the mission of The Innocence Project in New York, is to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, and also work from a policy angle with Congress and state legislatures to prevent future wrongful convictions.

Convicted, Innocence, New York, People, Prevent, York

I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.

Alone, Being Alone, Confidence, Fear, Inexperienced, Outgunned

Poverty is a great equalizer

Equalizer, Poverty

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