关于约翰·格里森姆
约翰·格里森姆（John Grisham）1955年2月8日出生于美国,阿肯色州,琼斯伯勒，，职业是作者、编剧、演员、制片人，参与的作品有《造雨人》、《杀戮时刻》、《塘鹅暗杀令》、《糖衣陷阱》。
约翰·格里森姆 John Grisham
- 性 别：男
- 出生时间：1955年2月8日
- 出生地：美国,阿肯色州,琼斯伯勒
- 英文名：John Grisham
- 别 名：John Grisham Jr. (本名)
- 职 业：作者 / 编剧 / 演员 / 制片人
- 家庭成员：Renee Grisham（妻）
- IMDb编号：nm0001300
- 人物热度：1621
约翰·格里森姆简介
John Ray Grisham Jr. (/ˈɡrɪʃəm/; born February 8, 1955)[2][3] 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.
John Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University before attending the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He practiced criminal law for about a decade and served in the House of Representatives in Mississippi from January 1984 to September 1990.[4]
His first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in June 1989, four years after he began writing it. As of 2012, his books have sold over 275 million copies worldwide.[5] A Galaxy British Book Awards winner, Grisham is one of only three authors to sell 2 million copies on a first printing.[6]
Grisham＇s first bestseller, The Firm, sold more than seven million copies.[2] The book was adapted into a 1993 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise, and a 2012 TV series which "continues the story of attorney Mitchell McDeere and his family 10 years after the events of the film and novel."[7]
Eight of his other novels have also been adapted into films: The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, Skipping Christmas, and A Time to Kill.[8]