biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1955– )
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| biography:
| Novelist, born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA. His early ambition was to play professional baseball, but he later studied accountancy at Mississippi State University (1975–7), and then law at the University of Mississippi (1978–81), after which he practised criminal and civil law. Also interested in politics, he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives (1983–90). His first novel, the crime thriller A Time To Kill (1989), was followed by a string of best-sellers, many of which have been made into successful films, and include The Firm (1991), The Rainmaker (1995), and The Testament (1999). Later novels include The Brethren (2000) and The King of Torts (2003). |
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