Grisham focuses on falsely condemned
May 13, 2008 | 0 Comments
Author John Grisham spoke to law students and faculty about his nonfiction work, “An Innocent Man,” which examines a wrongful murder conviction in Oklahoma. Grisham is very interested in University of Richmond’s newly established Institute for Actual Innocence to exonerate wrongfully convicted people in Virginia.Read more...
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Tom Allen's fundraiser with Grisham and King postponed!
May 13, 2008 | 0 Comments
A Bangor fundraiser featuring three best-selling novelists for Senate candidate Tom Allen has been postponed in the aftermath of a controversy surrounding Stephen King’s remarks about literacy and the military.Read more...
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Grisham attends an event to benefit Tom Allen's U.S. Senate campaign
Apr 22, 2008 | 3 Comments
John Grisham, Stephen King, and Tess Gerritsen will be supporting Tom Allen for Senator in Maine at an event in Bangor on June 7th. These best-selling authors will each do a reading from their recent works and talk about the importance of this exciting race. Postponed!Read more...
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WMMR interview with John Grisham
Apr 22, 2008 | 0 Comments
WMMR’s Pierre Robert spoke with John Grisham about voting, his time as a politician, his friendship with the Clintons, and why he’s supporting Hillary Clinton in this election. Audio clip included!Read more...
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Grisham Days in Parma, Italy
Apr 06, 2008 | 1 Comments
Panthers Parma AFT hosted their friend John Grisham on March 29-30 in Parma, Italy. The theme of the weekend was “Grisham Days” as Playing for Pizza author John Grisham was there to take part in pre-game ceremonies. Video clip included!Read more...
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The Appeal is the cover review in the New York Times Book Review (March 30)
Mar 31, 2008 | 4 Comments
John Grisham’s The Appeal was the cover review in the New York Times Book Review on March 30. Steven Brill, the founder of American Lawyer magazine and Court TV, pens the review, calling The Appeal a “gripping tale” and commending Grisham for pointing out “how the justice system in more than half of the 50 states is increasingly threatened by the kind of big-money gutter politics that have made so many Americans disgusted with Washington.”Read more...
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Grisham joined Clinton in Meridian
Mar 10, 2008 | 1 Comments
John Grisham joined President Bill Clinton on Saturday, March 8 at a “Solutions for America” event in Meridian, Miss. Grisham said that he is excited to campaign for Hillary Clinton and that his home state now matters in the primary, something that hasn’t happened in several decades. Video clip included!Read more...
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Writer Hal Long will adapt Grisham's Skipping Christmas for the stage
Mar 08, 2008 | 0 Comments
Tualatin writer Hal Long will adapt John Grisham’s “Skipping Christmas” for the stage. Long will take the advice of his three-year pen pal Stephen King and move to a small town to write his adaptation which will take seven to eight months to complete.Read more...
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