John Grisham became a world famous writer with his book The Firm. Although he never wanted to be a writer, he has now written over nine books, many of them best- sellers (Arnold 29). Examining his writing will show why John Grisham quit his previous job as a lawyer. I will start by telling about his childhood, education, family, then on to his career. John Grisham led a mostly normal childhood. Grisham was born in 1955 in …showed first 75 words of 962 total…

…showed last 75 words of 962 total…Rainmaker with director Francis Ford Coppola, and sold the movie rights to The Runaway Jury for a record eight million (Ferranti 42). On February 4, 1998, Grisham's book The Street Lawyer was introduced to the public The latest of his nine novels has two and a half million copies in bookstores in the U.S. and Canada right now (Arnold 29). In fact he has came out with another novel which was released in February of 1999 called The Testament.