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Susan
Susan asked John Grisham:

Hi John, I have been a huge fan of your books for years, ever since I was assigned to read The Street Lawyer for summer reading going into 8th grade. How do you continue to come up with fresh plots for your legal thrillers?

John Grisham I watch and study the law, and lawyers, trials, judges, courts, appeals, firms, trends in litigation, crimes, etc, and the material is endless. I keep a list of possible stories for books, and right now there are a dozen.
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Iva Cook
Iva Cook asked John Grisham:

What drew you in to write Strawberry Moon, and what research did you do to bring this story believable?

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J. asked John Grisham:

Beyond using past experiences, how do you research law firm life and diverse areas of legal practice (and capture it all so accurately) after being so long committed to writing books?

Doug Powell
Doug Powell asked John Grisham:

Do you see your characters first and build a story to expose the character’s traits or does the story come first and shape the character?

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