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Grisham kills time on anniversary visit

Jun 30, 2009

John Grisham

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the publication of his first novel, “A Time To Kill,” John Grisham killed some time on former county prosecutor Bill Ballard’s front porch in Hernando. Ballard and his wife Brenda were the ones who hosted the very first official book signing party for Grisham.


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Roy Williams's autobiography to get a foreword by Grisham

Jun 28, 2009

Roy Williams

Roy Williams, head coach of the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team, is writing a book with Tim Crothers, former senior writer for Sports Illustrated and a UNC graduate, entitled Hard Work: My Life On and Off the Court. The autobiography will also include a foreword by John Grisham.


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Grisham's "The Testament" to get movie adaption

Jun 26, 2009

The Testament

After a decade of saying no, John Grisham has made a movie deal for his 1999 bestselling novel “The Testament.” Producers Mark Johnson and Hunt Lowry are teaming with 821 Entertainment Group to option the book, with 821’s Eric Geadelmann and Ben Horton taking exec producer credit.


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John Grisham marks 20th anniversary of "A Time to Kill"

Jun 26, 2009

John Grisham. Photo by Lisa W. Buser for USA TODAY

It has been two decades since the publication of A Time to Kill, Grisham’s first novel. On June 23, Dell released a 20th-anniversary edition, with a new introduction by the author. His second book, The Firm, made Grisham a star in 1991, but A Time to Kill remains his favorite legal thriller. It took three years to write and two years to get published.


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Grisham is a strong supporter of Virginia's baseball

Jun 26, 2009

John Grisham

Prior to 2001, Virginia’s baseball attendance was basically family and friends and a few die-hards. Head coach O’Connor, the staff and the team have turned Charlottesville into a baseball town. None of that would have been possible without the assistance of Charlottesville resident and best-selling novelist John Grisham.


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The Associate is the second most downloaded audiobook

Jun 26, 2009

The Associate

OverDrive announced the ‘Most Downloaded Books from the Library’ for May 2009 where John Grisham’s “The Associate” remained close to the top in the No. 2 spot. James Patterson and Maxine Paetro’s “The 8th Confession” became the most downloaded fiction audiobook.


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Projects & Events

The Testament
Grisham's "The Testament" to get movie adaption (0)

After a decade of saying no, John Grisham has made a movie deal for his 1999 bestselling novel “The Testament.” Producers Mark Johnson and Hunt Lowry are teaming with 821 Entertainment Group to option the book, with 821’s Eric Geadelmann and Ben Horton taking exec producer credit.

John Grisham
Grisham's collection of stories "Ford County" to be published on November 3 (0)

John Grisham is to publish a collection of stories this autumn. The book, entitled Ford County, will be published simultaneously by Doubleday in the US and Century in the UK. Ford County, Mississippi, was the fictional setting of Grisham’s first novel, A Time to Kill (which turns 20 this year).

John Grisham. Photo by The Associated Press
Grisham has several books planned, fictional short stories to be released this fall (0)

John Grisham’s immediate plans call for a book of fictional short stories to be released this fall, then another legal thriller in 2010 and 2011. At some point, he would like to pick up where his 2001 novel A Painted House left off. Loosely based on his childhood in Arkansas, Grisham wants to explore his life from ages 12 to 22.

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Shia LaBeouf
Paramount acquired movie rights to The Associate, Shia LeBeouf to play the title role (1)

Paramount Pictures has picked up Shia LaBeouf to play the title role in their adaptation of John Grisham’s upcoming legal thriller “The Associate,” which the studio has just acquired rights to. LaBeouf will play a student who’s about to graduate from Yale Law School when he’s manipulated into accepting a job at a prestige law firm and given privileged information about a multi-billion dollar lawsuit.

Ann Peacock. Picture from Rex Features
"The Partner" headed for the big screen (6)

Screenwriter Ann Peacock (The Chronicles of Narnia, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, Nights in Rodanthe) has been hired to write the movie adaptation of John Grisham’s 1997 novel The Partner.

Adam Shankman
Adam Shankman is set to direct Playing for Pizza (0) Adam Shankman is set to direct “Playing for Pizza,” an adaptation of the John Grisham bestseller that will be scripted by J. Mills Goodloe. Phoenix Pictures optioned the book in May. “We want to make this grittier than the book, a cross between ‘North Dallas Forty’ and ‘Jerry Maguire’,” Shankman said.

Gallery

John GrishamJohn Grisham in conversation with Charlie Rose at the Barnes & Noble Union Square on January 27th, 2009. Photo by Maryanne VentriceJohn Grisham and Hillary ClintonJohn Grisham at the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant in Atlanta on January 31, 2008. Photo by Cat Norman. Copyright © 1999-2008, Southern Baptist Convention.