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Shanta Newlin has been promoted to vice president at Penguin Young Readers. She will also continue to serve as the executive director of publicity.
Newlin first joined the company back in 2008. In the past, she has held positions at ABRAMS, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, and Random House Children’s Books.
Since Newlin came on board, she has worked on campaigns for several high profile authors including Sabaa Tahir, B.J. Novak, Eric Carle, John Grisham, and the Roald Dahl backlist. She reports to the president of the division, Jen Loja.
We’ve collected the books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending Oct. 25, 2015–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.
(Debuted at #1 in Hardcover Fiction) Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham: “Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather chairs, a hidden gun compartment, and a heavily armed driver. He has no firm, no partners, no associates, and only one employee, his driver, who’s also his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, and golf caddy.” (Oct. 2015)
(Debuted at #3 in Hardcover Fiction) Career of Evil by J.K.Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith: “When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman’s severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible–and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.” (Oct. 2015)
(Debuted at #15 in Young Adult) Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff: “This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded.” (Oct. 2015)
Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham has joined the iBooks Bestsellers list this week at No. 1.
Apple has released the list of Bestselling iBooks from the week of 10/25/15. The Survivor by Kyle Mills & Vince Flynn is No. 2. See Me by Nicholas Sparks is No. 3 on the list.
We have the entire list for you after the jump.
iBooks US Bestseller List- Paid Books Week 10/25/15
| 1. |
Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham – 9780385539449 – (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) |
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The Survivor by Kyle Mills & Vince Flynn – 9781476783475 – (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) |
| 3. |
See Me by Nicholas Sparks – 9781455520596 – (Grand Central Publishing) |
| 4. |
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith – 9780316349925 – (Little, Brown and Company) |
| 5. |
The Martian by Andy Weir – 9780804139038 – (Crown/Archetype) |
| 6. |
The Murder House by David Ellis & James Patterson – 9780316337977 – (Little, Brown and Company) |
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Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter – 9780062429063 – (William Morrow) |
| 8. |
Killing Reagan by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard – 9781627792424 – (Henry Holt and Co.) |
| 9. |
Wrong by Jana Aston – 9780692527771 – (Rutherford Press) |
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling – 9781781105849 – (Pottermore) |
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The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz – 9780385354295 – (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) |
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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins – 9780698185395 – (Penguin Publishing Group) |
| 13. |
Make Me by Lee Child – 9780804178785 – (Random House Publishing Group) |
| 14. |
After You by Jojo Moyes – 9780698152045 – (Penguin Publishing Group) |
| 15. |
Foreign Affairs by Stuart Woods – 9780698195028 – (Penguin Publishing Group) |
| 16. |
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin – 9781466874961 – (St. Martin’s Press) |
| 17. |
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr – 9781476746609 – (Scribner) |
| 18. |
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah – 9781466850606 – (St. Martin’s Press) |
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Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff – 9780698405127 – (Penguin Publishing Group) |
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The Lake House by Kate Morton – 9781451649376 – (Atria Books) |
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Every single staff member at the United States division of Penguin Random House has received a small bonus of $750 this year.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the executives decided to issue this money “because their publishing house had such a good year in 2014.” Some of the titles which contributed to this rise in profits include Grey Mountain by John Grisham, Make It Ahead by Ina Garten, and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Last year, Green’s hit young adult novel claimed the No. 1 spot on the Google Play ‘Books of the Year’ list.
Here’s more from the article: “Revenue at Penguin Random House increased 25.2% to 3.3 billion euros, while operating earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization grew 24.5% to 452 million euros…Titles related to Walt Disney Co.’s movie Frozen sold in excess of 17 million copies in all formats. On the digital front, Penguin Random House said it sold more than 100 million e-books worldwide in 2014 but didn’t provide a comparison with 2013.”
The latest installment of Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch series, The Burning Room, has joined Apple’s Top Paid iBooks in the U.S. The book came in at No. 1.
Apple has released its top selling books list for paid books from iBooks in the U.S. for week ending November 10, 2014. Gray Mountain by John Grisham and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn are occupying the second and third spots on the list this week.
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John Grisham’s new fiction book, Gray Mountain, has joined Apple’s Top Paid iBooks in the U.S. this week at No. 2.
Apple has released its top selling books list for paid books from iBooks in the U.S. for week ending October 20, 2014. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult are occupying the first and third spots on the list this week.
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We’ve collected the books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending October 19, 2014–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.
(Debuted at #1 in Hardcover Fiction) Gray Mountain by John Grisham: “Her new job takes Samantha into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, rules are ignored, regulations are flouted, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack from Big Coal. Violence is always just around the corner, and within weeks Samantha finds herself engulfed in litigation that turns deadly.” (October 2014)
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I love a good suspense book. Maybe because most of my life was so full of terror and pain; I can relate to the threats, and I love it when a good person wins out, and people who hurt others get justice. But I won’t ever buy a John Grisham book.
Why? Because John Grisham said that people who watch and download child porn should not be jailed and that “current sentencing policies failed to draw a distinction between real-world abusers and those who downloaded content, accidentally or otherwise.”
Wow. Excuse me while I take some deep breaths.
People who watch and download child porn are what drive the child-porn industry. Watching child porn is still exploitation. A child was abused and dehumanized to make that child porn that someone is sitting in their cozy house watching, getting off on. And suggesting that some men might download child porn by “mistake” or while drunk is excusing the behavior. It doesn’t recognize the culture we live in that encourages rape and child exploitation. It’s not thinking about the children that were used to create the child porn, the pain and trauma they endured. It’s severely lacking in compassion for victims, for anyone who isn’t a white male (John’s friend who he was identifying with) and that worries me.
Have I mentioned that my parents made child porn using me and other children, to make money to help fund the cult they belong to? I was regularly raped, forced to engage in sexual acts, and dehumanized in some very humiliating, degrading, sickening scenarios, all while being filmed, for men (and women) who would pay for the video or photos.
It left emotional scars, along with the other abuse and torture I endured, that stay with me today. While I have finally learned to be pretty okay with a camera (especially cell phone cameras that don’t look like traditional cameras), for years I couldn’t bear being photographed or filmed. I still get triggered into traumatic memories every time I have to do a TV interview or too many people ask to take my photo in a short period of time. And the child porn messed up my body image, my comfort with my own sexuality, and left me fearful, mistrusting, and hating my own body and sexuality. It also, along with all the other abuse, left me with many psychological effects, including severe depression, anxiety, PTSD, dissociation, and other effects.
The effects of child porn, abuse, rape, trauma, and exploitation is what I try to help others understand, on a gut and emotional level, through my books. I try to help people understand the severity of the effects, and also that healing is possible. I wish everyone who thought that child abuse or child porn was okay had to experience, just briefly through a good book, what it’s actually like. Perhaps they wouldn’t be so quick to encourage it to happen.
Child porn isn’t okay. Watching it isn’t okay. Making it isn’t okay. And while I don’t think people who watch, download, and/or buy child porn should get a higher sentence than people who create it, I do think there should be consequences. It’s never okay to exploit children (or anyone else). It’s never okay to use and harm others for your own pleasure.
So I will never buy a John Grisham book. I will never recommend his books to any of my friends. And I hope you will think twice about buying his books, or that you will consider donating to an organization that supports survivors, such as RAINN or your local rape crisis center, or an organization that fight child porn and child exploitation. We can make a healing, positive difference in this world. And it starts with compassion.
Working on a book? If your ambitions run beyond merely getting your manuscript published to making it a best-seller, you’ll need to start planning before you’ve written your first word. And we’re not talking about planning out your plot. To climb onto the best-seller list you’ll need to be a one-stop shop of writer, marketer and promoter.
Keep in mind however, that what you’ll be selling is not your book, but yourself. It’s your success in getting people to follow you, rather than your title, that is the key to sales:
This may seem a bit counterintuitive, but aggressively pushing your current title in lieu of promoting your personal brand as an author — is an ill-conceived plan that can actually stunt book sales. Literary mega-stars like Stephen King and John Grisham have a built-in fan base that buys every book they release, almost automatically. And that, says [author Tim Grahl], should be the goal of every writer — particularly those who have aspirations to write in multiple genres or cover various topics.
For more advice, including how to build your base, read: 6 Steps to Becoming a Best-Selling Author.
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Hundreds of writers gathered at the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Summer Conference in Los Angeles last weekend.
The annual “Editor’s Panel” featured a star-studded collection of editors, including Dutton Children’s Books publisher Julie Strauss-Gabel–she’s worked with Ally Condie, John Green and John Grisham, among many others. Strauss-Gabel snapped that photograph of her view from stage during the panel. GalleyCat was there, gathering advice for aspiring writers…
1. You need to send the manuscript to the right editor. Strauss-Gabel explained: “I’m very attentive to fit both the imprint and if it is a good manuscript for me. We mean it when we say ‘this is not the right manuscript for me.’ I know another editor could bring something to that manuscript that I couldn’t.” She advised writers to read an editor’s body of work and understand what kind of books they love.
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Bestselling author John Grisham took to Facebook today to reveal the cover for his next novel Gray Mountain.
“Thought you’d like to get a sneak peak at Gray Mountain, the fall legal thriller, before everyone else sees it later today,” he wrote on the social network. “If you like it, share it. If we reach 5000 shares, then you’ll be among the first to read the first paragraph.”
The book, which is due out this fall, is set in the great recession in 2008. It is about a legal aid who ends up working in a small town in Appalachia after losing her job at New York City’s biggest law firm, and the mystery that she uncovers in the mountains.
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A Broadway stage adaptation of John Grisham’s 1989 legal thriller, A Time to Kill, will open on October 20, 2013. Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes adapted the book and Ethan McSweeny directed.
According to the show’s website, the show tells the story of “a Southern community torn in half by an unspeakable crime. As the shocking news hits the public, small town America becomes the center of a media storm, where innocence is the victim, race is on trial and lives hang in the balance.”
Playbill.com reports that this project marks the first time a John Grisham book has been adapted for a theatrical production. A film adaptation of this book, featuring Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, and Kevin Spacey, came out in 1996.
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on There Are No Rules speculating about John’s rules of thumb as a writer, I’m sharing the three absolute requirements for writing popular fiction he drilled into me during the time we worked together.
The first is to have an elevator pitch. If you can’t describe what a book is about in one or two sentences, you don’t have a story worth telling. For example, to pitch The Firm: “Young lawyer fresh out of law school gets a dream job that turns out to be a nightmare.” Or, for The Confession: “How can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man?”
I went to a panel discussion a while ago where the moderator, Bella Stander, had all the writers in the audience stand up and pitch their latest book. I was the first one called on. “I had lunch with John Grisham one day,” I started, “and he asked me how my novel writing was going and I said, ‘OK’—when I was really contemplating taking up competitive croquet. Then he offered to mentor me …”
“Stop there,” she commanded. “How many novels have you written?”
“Seven,” I said.
“OK, here’s your elevator pitch: ‘I had seven unpublished novels rotting away on my hard drive when John Grisham took me under his wing and taught me the secrets of thriller writing.’”
Was she ever right! I’ve since penned a memoir about the experience of working on a novel with John. My editor recently sent me flap copy for revisions and she fell into the same hole, starting off with lunch. I rewrote it to say, “I had seven unpublished novels …” and now it sings.
For the soon-to-be-released novel I wrote under John’s guidance, Sleeping Dogs, he summed it up this way: “An old pilot with a terrible secret about a lost nuke leads a disgraced Pentagon whistleblower to find it while the Pentagon and Al Qaeda follow close behind.”
The second must-have is a strong middle. John maintains the hardest part of writing a novel is the 300 pages in the middle. Coming up with the opening and ending is easy, he says. It’s that 300-page hunk in the middle that has to hold up and not run out of gas.
He wrote his first novel, A Time To Kill, without an outline and it took him three years of trial and error. When he sat down to write The Firm, he used the outline format for the first time. It proved to be a godsend. When he came to the realization that he had to come up with a novel a year to stay on top of the pile, outlines became a permanent part of his writing process. With a completed outline, you have the confidence that the story you are about to tell has the staying power to carry the reader from the beginning to the middle and through to the end. Grisham even had me write a chapter outline to “keep me honest,” as he put it, which helped me know what was going on at every point in the book.
In crafting a strong middle, however, you have to avoid falling into the risky trap of subplots. Though they can keep the action going, it’s easy for subplots to wander off and become distracting. The reader gets confused, losing track of where the book is going and puts it down. Grisham calls meandering subplots “detours,” taking the reader off the main road of the plot. For example, a writer can veer off about Grandma’s marvelous pie-making skills, which she learned from a German chef who cooked for Kaiser Wilhelm and the German ruler who had his botanists develop a special strain of apples that yadda, yadda, yadda. The novel is about a young actress who gets a huge part in a new play but the author is ranting on about the Kaiser’s apples.
To avoid detours, I employ a technique I picked up from Grisham I call “stringing pearls”: a helpful visual to keep writers on the straight and narrow. It’s important to make sure each subplot is on the same string as the main plot, or a parallel string so that the subplot ends up in the same place and doesn’t veer off into the woods. Remember that agents say their main reason for rejecting manuscripts is weak plots. And fogging up your main plot up with a bunch of unrelated subplots will doom your book in the marketplace.
The third must-have is a great hook. You must hook your readers in the first 40 pages or you risk losing them. I reread a bunch of John’s novels, and damned if he doesn’t come close to precisely following that rule in all his books. In The Firm, the scene when one of the law firm employees talks about killing someone happens on Page 39, and that’s exactly where you realize the hero is in deep trouble. For the rest of the novel, you’re pulling for the new associate as he deals with the frightening realities of his new job.
If you don’t get the hook in by Page 40, the readers’ minds start to wander and you’re on the way to losing them.
So by figuring out how to nab them early, developing a plot that won’t run out of gas, and summing it all up in a great elevator pitch, you’re well on your way to a great novel.
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The Art of War for Writers. Successfully starting and finishing a publishable novel can be like fighting a series of battles—against the page, against one’s own self-doubt, against rebellious characters, etc. Featuring timeless, innovative, and concise writing strategies and focused exercises, this book is the ultimate battle plan and more—it’s Sun Tzu’sThe Art of War for novelists.
Ruth Pomerance, the publishing professional who uncovered John Grisham’s The Firm back in 1990, will join Hyperion as senior editor.
In her new post, she will “focus on the acquisition and development of new stories and author talent that will translate across the Disney/ABC Television Group businesses.” Pomerance spent 30 years working in between the publishing, film and television industry. She developed books for a variety of producers, ranging from Scott Rudin, Arnold Kopelson, Fred Zollo, and John Davis.
Here’s more from the release: “Pomerance has held posts at The Rockwell Group, USA Films, Artists Management Group, and the William Morris Agency where she began her career as a story editor. Most recently, Pomerance served as Executive Producer for the feature film adaptation of Judy Blume’s novel Tiger Eyes and Consultant to various entertainment firms including Image Entertainment.”
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What’s your favorite bookstore? My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop comes out on November 13th, sharing recommendations from 84 writers.
Published by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, it features bookstores around the country, including The Strand (New York, NY), Powell`s (Portland, OR) and Porter Square Books (Cambridge, MA). Publishing industry consultant Ronald Rice and “Booksellers Across America” edited the book.
Contributors ranged from John Grisham to Chuck Palahniuk to bookstore owner Ann Patchett. The book also contains illustrations by Leif Parsons, an introduction by Richard Russo and an afterword by Emily St. John Mandel.
You can find all these bookshops and more in our Best Indie Bookstores on Twitter list.
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Random House posted a 64 percent increase in operating profit for the first half of 2012. According to Variety, the publisher also boasted a 20 percent increase in revenue–rising to $1.2 billion.
Here’s more from the article: “The titillating [50 Shades of Grey] trilogy sold more than 30 million copies between March and June, with sales evenly divided between the trade paperback and e-book editions. The Social Network producers Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti are producing the big-screen adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey the first book in the trilogy, for Universal Pictures and Focus Features.”
Random House also credited the growth in eBook sales and the popularity of some of their biggest bestselling authors including George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire series), John Grisham (Calico Joe), Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) and Dr. Seuss (The Lorax).
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Every week, I spelunk into the Writer’s Digest archives to find the wisest, funniest, or downright strangest moments from our 92 years of publication.
About 10 years ago, lawyer-turned-novelist John Grisham spilled the beans in Newsweek that a 1973 Writer’s Digest article paved the way for him to write his bestseller The Firm.
Naturally, we’ve been geeking out about this since we first heard it, and see it referenced every so often in relation to Grisham books, but I’d never actually read the piece. So I dug it up today—it’s by author Brian Garfield, and was originally titled “10 Rules for Suspense Fiction.”
In case the next Grisham is out there reading this, I’ll include Garfield’s 10 points below, and will also link to the full article (which is reproduced over at the International Thriller Writers website).
Happy Friday!
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The 10 Commandments of How to Write a Thriller
- Start with action; explain it later.
- Make it tough for your protagonist.
- Plant it early; pay it off later.
- Give the protagonist the initiative.
- Give the protagonist a personal stake.
- Give the protagonist a tight time limit, and then shorten it.
- Choose your character according to your own capacities, as well as his.
- Know your destination before you set out.
- Don’t rush in where angels fear to tread.
- Don’t write anything you wouldn’t want to read.
For the full piece, “10 Rules for Suspense Fiction” by Brian Garfield, click here.
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1. The Lost History of Fifty Shades of Grey
2. Amanda Hocking: ‘A lot of authors tend to over market’
3. Controversial Vogue Essay Sparks Book Deal
4. John Grisham & His $6 Million Mistake
5. Ernest Hemingway Book Trailer
6. When Should Writers Work for Free?
7. Musicians Inspired by Harry Crews
8. NYT Magazine Editor Shares Tips for Freelance Writers
9. Rachel Maddow, Carl Hiaasen & Jacqueline Winspear Debut on the Indie Bestseller List
10. CONTEST: Write the Worst Sentence in 25 Words
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For your weekend reading pleasure, here are our top stories of the week, including John Grisham‘s $6 million mistake, freelance writer tips from a New York Times magazine editor and a 50-year-old Ernest Hemingway book trailer (embedded above).
Click here to sign up for GalleyCat’s daily email newsletter, getting all our publishing stories, book deal news, videos, podcasts, interviews, and writing advice in one place.
1. The Lost History of Fifty Shades of Grey
2. Amanda Hocking: ‘A lot of authors tend to over market’
3. Controversial Vogue Essay Sparks Book Deal
4. John Grisham & His $6 Million Mistake
5. Ernest Hemingway Book Trailer
6. When Should Writers Work for Free?
7. Musicians Inspired by Harry Crews
8. NYT Magazine Editor Shares Tips for Freelance Writers
9. Rachel Maddow, Carl Hiaasen & Jacqueline Winspear Debut on the Indie Bestseller List
10. CONTEST: Write the Worst Sentence in 25 Words
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Did you know that legal thriller writer John Grisham lost millions of dollars when he first became a published author? Even though he earned $18 million in 2011, he once held a fortune in first-edition books.
In a guest post on The Daily Beast, Grisham (pictured, via) recounts the events surrounding his first novel, A Time to Kill. His publisher printed 5,000 first edition copies of that book and Grisham bought 1,000 copies to use fir giveaways, $5 sales to friends and even as a doorstop. Considering that a first edition of A Time to Kill is now worth $4,000, Grisham once owned $6 million of his own books.
Here’s more from the post: “My idea was, I’d buy a thousand books, have a big book party at the local library, and all my friends would come. I’d sell all these books and it’d be easy. I could buy the books at wholesale, sell them at retail, and make a few bucks … Then I took all the books down to the local library and we had a big book party. When the party was over, I still owned 882 copies of A Time to Kill. I had this invoice that was due to pay for them wholesale, so I started giving books away.”
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I know from my life long abuse. he is way wrong.us survivors are witness to us making it through all our trials
Raven, I’m sorry you’ve been through abuse. (hugging you) And yes, survivors are strong.
I cannot express my utter shock and disappointment that someone would make such an irresponsible comment! John Grisham author of A Time To Kill, one of the most graphic (in my opinion as i generally tend to avoid watching these kinds of films) scenarios of a child rape scene, can be the one to say it!! Surely when one writes and brings to life a character whether fiction or not you feel every single thing the character feels…every violation whether physical or emotional. Even though he has apologised I will not ever be able to bring myself to buy his books again! He should know he cannot hide behind being under the influence of mind altering narcotics whilst being interviewed. These are his words his opinion and he should own it and live with the consequences. i certainly hope the FBI on monitoring his online activities…it would not surprise me what they find…
Jessie, I’m disappointed, too, and appalled at the lack of compassion and empathy for victims in what he said. I think often writers feel empathy for the characters they write, and feel what the characters feel–I know that’s how I write–but perhaps not all do. And I agree; I think often when people say something under the influence (or especially), they say what they really think.
Hi Cheryl,
Thank you for sharing this. It had escaped my notice.
I visited the site where the interview was posted, and read through the whole article. That Mr. Grisham later claimed to be under the influence of medication is a sad attempt at damage control.
Particularly striking is his stating that “it wasn’t 10 year old boys.” So a guy watching child porn with girls is okay, but a guy watching child porn with boys is wrong? Further, a lawyer – under any circumstances – breaking the law should be cut slack? These certainly seem like the double standards that allow systemic corruption.
Yes, Cheryl. I agree with your decision to not purchase Mr. Grisham’s books. He has shown his true colours, and they are dark indeed.