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John Grisham

John Grisham

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Oct 27, 2026

Gilbert CruzGUEST
16:21
And there also was a period in the 80s and 90s when King...
Gilbert CruzGUEST
16:27
John Grisham, Michael Crichton, they were just all these paperbacks.
Gilbert CruzGUEST
16:30
Tom Clancy.
Gilbert CruzGUEST
16:31
Tom Clancy, all of whom I read at that age.

6 MINS LATER

Gilbert CruzGUEST
23:02
As you noted, this paperback advance, and this always makes me think about how paperback publishers used to be different from hardcover publishers.
Gilbert CruzGUEST
23:12
There's a whole bifurcation there, and I'd really love to learn more about the history of that in American publishing, but he gets a lot of money for this.
Gilbert CruzGUEST
23:21
And his editor at the time, this guy Bill Thompson, who also was John Grisham's early editor, says before he publishes Salem's Lot, his second book, he gives him two manuscripts as the story goes.
Gilbert CruzGUEST
23:34
One is a book that would be published decades later called Blaze, which is not a horror novel.
Hugh GrantSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
12:51
Oh, right.
Hugh GrantSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
12:52
How about the new John Grisham thriller?
Danny NewHOST
12:55
Hugh Grant was famously bothered by a clueless customer in Notting Hill.
Lionel MoiseHOST
12:59
Yeah, but even his little travel bookstore might want to get in on the excitement that is being generated by one book this morning.
Arthur E. FriedmanHOST
35:21
Tom Cruise was great in that film.
Julian SchlossbergHOST
35:24
Well, you have these incredible best-selling attorney books from John Grisham.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
35:30
Yes.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
35:30
They
DaveHOST
0:52
I'm quite proud.
DaveHOST
0:53
I got this one even mid-clip before you gave me the easy win at the end, which is we are talking about prolific 90s airport novel author John Grisham.
CherylHOST
1:07
That is correct.
CherylHOST
1:08
What do you know about John Grisham?
DaveHOST
1:10
I've read one of his books.
DaveHOST
1:12
I read The Client.
DaveHOST
1:37
They
CherylHOST
1:37
don't sell subpar books in the airport, you know.
Michael ConnellyGUEST
25:14
The Hollow opens up with a story that takes place in the cemetery that is based directly on a real story told to me by the 75-year-old guy who just retired.
Bryan CurtisHOST
25:26
I heard John Grisham speak recently and he said he starts a book on January 1st and writes in the mornings and six months later he has a new novel.
Bryan CurtisHOST
25:35
What's your writing season like?
Michael ConnellyGUEST
25:37
Um, it's not like a January 1st thing, but I am a morning person.
Brian TetaHOST
22:02
Sure.
Brian TetaHOST
22:02
Well, we had John Grisham on the show today and Lily is a huge reader.
Brian TetaHOST
22:06
and
Sara HainesGUEST
22:07
he has a youth series a
Bill MaherSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
1:27
like these dinners.
speaker_1NARRATOR
1:30
Then, master of the legal thriller, John Grisham, shares why he decided on a personal plot twist by taking on his very first spy novel with his latest post-pounding bestseller, The French Illusion.
speaker_1NARRATOR
1:42
And an all-new View Your Deal.
speaker_1NARRATOR
1:46
Here come Hot Topics with Whoopi, Sarah Haynes, Joy Behar, Now let's get things started.

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Sara HainesHOST
24:29
And the best part, it's affordable and you can buy it on Amazon for less than $30 today.
Whoopi GoldbergHOST
24:47
Welcome back.
Whoopi GoldbergHOST
24:48
The master of the legal thriller, John Grisham, is starting a new chapter by entering the world of espionage for the very first time with his latest novel, The French Illusion, which just became his 53rd consecutive bestseller.
Whoopi GoldbergHOST
25:03
Please welcome the amazing John Grisham.
Ian DeYoungHOST
2:38
We said Spooktacular Grisham's and you took the Spooktacular part of it and I took the Grisham's part of it.
Ian DeYoungHOST
2:42
So I brought John Grisham's Christmas book, which is Skipping Christmas, which got turned into Christmas with the Cranks.
Ian DeYoungHOST
2:47
And you brought Camino Ghosts.
Ian DeYoungHOST
2:49
One of the few times you've been on theme.
Joe HolshueHOST
3:27
To all who
Nick ArgyrisHOST
3:27
celebrate.
Nick ArgyrisHOST
3:28
Of course, every October, John Grisham releases a new book, and he has for the last 850 years.
Nick ArgyrisHOST
3:36
And we like to celebrate here at You Don't Know Lit.
Andrew Van Den HoutenGUEST
37:11
He's a social justice attorney turned filmmaker.
Andrew Van Den HoutenGUEST
37:14
When can filmmakers be former attorneys and actually tell, you know how to actually be creative and cinematically, you know, they can write, John Grisham can write, but can they direct? Can they, you know, understand the camera and lighting? No, John Grisham cannot
Mark RobertsHOST
37:26
direct.
Andrew Van Den HoutenGUEST
37:26
Right.
Scott GratesHOST
24:42
People go into it.
Scott GratesHOST
24:44
I shouldn't say you're not going to, but to your point, unless you're John Grisham or Hillary Clinton or Colleen Hoover, you're not going to typically make money on a book.
Scott GratesHOST
24:53
But it will open doors.
Scott GratesHOST
24:54
And I think from a reputation standpoint or resume standpoint, what we're talking about with relationships and referrals, it opens doors to conversations and getting into rooms that you may otherwise not be.

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