What is John Grisham?
{{Infobox writer | name = John Grisham | image = Grisham John by C Harrison (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = John Grisham in 2016 | birth_name = John Ray Grisham Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|2|8}} | birth_place = [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[Mississippi State University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br />[[University of Mississippi School of Law|University of Mississippi]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | period = 1989–present | genres = [[Legal thriller]]<br />[[Crime fiction]]<br />[[Southern Gothic]]<br />[[Baseball]]<br />[[American football|Football]]<br />[[Basketball]] | spouse = {{marriage|Renee Grisham|1981}} | children = 2 | website = {{URL|http://www.jgrisham.com/|jgrisham.com}} | module = {{Infobox officeholder |embed = yes | state_house = Mississippi | district = 7th | term_start = 1984 | term_end = 1990 | predecessor = Don Chambliss | successor = [[Greg Davis (Mississippi politician)|Greg Davis]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] }} }} '''John Ray Grisham Jr.''' (born February 8, 1955) is an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]], [[lawyer]], and [[writer]]. ==Biography and career== He was born in [[Jonesboro, Arkansas|Jonesboro]], [[Arkansas]]. His father worked as a construction worker and a [[cotton]] [[farmer]]. After moving often, the family settled in 1967 in the town of [[Southaven, Mississippi|Southaven]] in [[Mississippi|De Soto County]], [[Mississippi]], and he graduated from Southaven High School. Young Grisham loved to read. In 1977, Grisham received a degree from [[Mississippi State University]]. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the [[University of Mississippi]] School of Law in 1981. After leaving law school, he entered a small-town general law practice for nearly 10 years in Southaven, MS where he paid a lot of attention on [[Crime|criminal]] [[law]] and civil law. In 1983, he was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]