John Grisham

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Born

February 8, 1955 (age 70) • Jonesboro • Arkansas

Notable Works

“A Painted House” • “A Time to Kill” • “Bleachers” • “Calico Joe” • “Camino Island” • “Ford County” • “Gray Mountain” • “Litigators, The” • “Playing for Pizza” • “Rogue Lawyer” • “The Runaway Jury” • “Skipping Christmas” • “Summons, The” • “The Chamber” • “The Client” • “The Firm” • “The Innocent Man” • “The Last Juror” • “The Pelican Brief” • “The Rainmaker” • “The Rooster Bar” • “The Testament” • “Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer” • “Theodore Boone: The Abduction” • “Theodore Boone: The Accused” • “Theodore Boone: The Activist” • “Theodore Boone: The Fugitive” • “Theodore Boone: The Scandal”

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Garson Kanin

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John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

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Don DeLillo

Don DeLillo

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William Gibson

William Gibson

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Jessamyn West

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William Kennedy

American author and journalist

Alison Lurie

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Evan Hunter

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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Barry Hannah

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Travel to Frank Stockton's contemporary world in a production of the short story “The Lady, or the Tiger?”

Frank Stockton

American novelist

Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle

Irish writer

Esther Forbes

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Richard Matheson

American author and screenwriter

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

American writer

William Faulkner

William Faulkner

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A son of Salem

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Tillie Olsen

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Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis

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