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John Grisham is an internationally well-known American writer. His net worth is an astonishing $220 million.
Grisham was born in Arkansas in 1955 and began not as a writer, but as a lawyer. While practicing law, he served on the House of Representatives for Mississippi. Before he began writing, he married his wife, Renee.
In 1989, he published his first novel, A Time To Kill. Writing was a hobby that often used his career as a lawyer for a foundation, but it became his life's work following a very favorable reception. Since then he has published dozens of spine-tingling novels. Grisham is not only prolific, but a high-quality author. John Grisham has made the New York Time's Best Seller List time and time again. Nine of his books have been adapted into movies. He continues to write and release new books.
Royalties are the main source of revenue that makes up John Grisham's large net worth.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2011 |
Royalties |
Estimated earnings from his books (275 million copies sold worldwide) |
$27,500,000 |
|
2010 |
Royalties |
Estimated earnings from his top-selling adult hardcover The Litigators |
$1,000,000 |
|
2002 |
Salary |
Salary from Runaway Jury |
$8,000,000 |
|
1995 |
Salary |
Salary from A Time to Kill |
$6,000,000 |
|
1992 |
Salary |
Salary from The Firm |
$100,000 |
|
1990 |
Royalties |
Estimated earnings from the book, The Firm (7 million copies sold) |
$700,000 |
|
1982 |
Salary |
Annual salary as a Member of the House of Representatives (1983-1990) |
$8,000 |