---
name: "John Grisham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-grisham"
fi1m_id: "john-grisham"
imdb_id: "nm0001300"
tmdb_id: 11060
wikidata_id: "Q106465"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 February 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:25:39.000725+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Grisham

## Identity

John Grisham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-grisham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-grisham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001300
- **TMDB ID:** 11060
- **Wikidata ID:** Q106465
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grisham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106465, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001300/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11060

Writer. Born 8 February 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 February 1955, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
- **Active:** 1993–1996
- **Also known as:** John Ray Grisham Jr.
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 60 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 3, Crime 2, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $618m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grisham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106465, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001300/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11060

## Biography

John Grisham is an American novelist, lawyer and former politician, best known for his legal thrillers. Born on 8 February 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, he grew up in Mississippi, graduated from Mississippi State University and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He practised criminal law for about a decade and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990.

Grisham's debut novel *A Time to Kill* was published in 1989 and adapted into a 1996 film, on which he is also credited as producer. His second novel *The Firm* (1991) became a bestseller and was adapted into a 1993 film; *The Pelican Brief* (1992) followed with a 1993 film adaptation. Several other novels, including *The Client* (1993), *The Chamber* (1994), *The Rainmaker* (1995) and *The Runaway Jury* (1996), have also been adapted for the screen.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *A Time to Kill* (1996), Fi1m 55, Producer, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/a-time-to-kill.md)
- *The Firm* (1993), Fi1m 71, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md)
- *The Pelican Brief* (1993), Fi1m 63, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pelican-brief.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Rainmaker* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Novel
- *The Firm* (2012), series, Executive Producer, Novel
- *Christmas with the Kranks* (2004), Novel
- *Mickey* (2004), as Commissioner · Writer, Producer
- *Runaway Jury* (2003), Novel
- *A Painted House* (2003), as Narrator (uncredited) · Novel
- *The Street Lawyer* (2003), Characters
- *The Gingerbread Man* (1998), Story
- *The Rainmaker* (1997), Novel
- *The Chamber* (1996), Novel
- *A Time to Kill* (1996), Producer, Novel — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/a-time-to-kill.md)
- *The Client* (1995), series, Novel
- *The Client* (1994), Novel
- *The Pelican Brief* (1993), Novel — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pelican-brief.md)
- *The Firm* (1993), Novel — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md)
- *Calico Joe*, Novel
- *The Partner*, Novel

## Gallery

- ![Whats popular at Costco in Kauai - April, 2008 7th Heaven is the seventh book in the Women's Murder Club series featuring Lindsay Boxer by James Patterson and M](https://film.one/media/person/5560787/gallery-3d7c533026d8.jpg) Whats popular at Costco in Kauai - April, 2008 7th Heaven is the seventh book in the Women's Murder Club series featuring Lindsay Boxer by James Patterson and M — brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Book_stacks_-_Costco_Warehouse_store_Kauai_%282499689386%29.jpg/1280px-Book_stacks_-_Costco_Warehouse_store_Kauai_%282499689386%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Federico Jiménez Losantos y César Vidal firman en la Feria del libro de Madrid. Junio 2007.](https://film.one/media/person/5560787/gallery-50a0275d7b7b.jpg) Federico Jiménez Losantos y César Vidal firman en la Feria del libro de Madrid. Junio 2007. — Rafael Robles, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Cesar_Vidal_y_Federico_Jimenez_Losantos_firmando_en_la_Feria_del_Libro_de_Madrid_de_2007.jpg/1280px-Cesar_Vidal_y_Federico_Jimenez_Losantos_firmando_en_la_Feria_del_Libro_de_Madrid_de_2007.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Grisham, photograph by Carol Harrison (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/5560787/gallery-32360f645c88.jpg) John Grisham, photograph by Carol Harrison (2016) — BlakeGrady, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Grisham_John_by_C_Harrison_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Grisham_John_by_C_Harrison_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Grisham, photograph by Carol Harrison (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/5560787/gallery-b41b6e93e976.jpg) John Grisham, photograph by Carol Harrison (2016) — BlakeGrady, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Grisham_John_by_C_Harrison_.jpg/1280px-Grisham_John_by_C_Harrison_.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Grisham](https://film.one/media/person/5560787/gallery-bf05f8e212a2.jpg) John Grisham — Image via TMDB
- ![All 24 John Griham novels as of June 30, 2010](https://film.one/media/person/5560787/gallery-54488ad0a47b.jpg) All 24 John Griham novels as of June 30, 2010 — Netaholic13, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Jgrisham.jpg/1280px-Jgrisham.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jiménez Losantos Feria del libro Madrid 2006 (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/5560787/gallery-40e8afa361e1.jpg) Jiménez Losantos Feria del libro Madrid 2006 (2007) — Rafael Robles from España, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Jim%C3%A9nez_Losantos_Feria_del_libro_Madrid_2007.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 6 won

- Lucien Barrière Literary Award 2018: Lucien Barrière Literary Award (won)
- Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction 2014: Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction (won), for *Sycamore Row*
- Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction 2011: Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction (won)
- Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction 2009: Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction (won)
- Helmerich Award 2005: Helmerich Award (won)
- Bancarella Literary Prize 1994: Bancarella Literary Prize (won), for *The Client*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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