John Grisham is one of the most popular American authors (作家) today. All of his books have been best-sellers (畅销书). And six books of his, including The Client, have been made into films.
Grisham was born in Arkansas in 1955. As a child, he wanted to be a professional baseball player. Later he changed his mind and studied accounting (会计学) at Mississippi State University. After 1981, he worked in a law firm (律师事务所) for nearly ten years. Although he was working 60-70 hours a week, he got up at 5:00 am every day to write his first book, A Time to Kill. It took him three years to write this book and he finished it in 1987. His next novel, The Firm, came out in 1991. It was his first big success.
Now Grisham lives with his wife and their two children in Mississippi. In his free time, he helps children develop their baseball skills.
