response: That book took him four years to write.
original_response: ''A Time to Kill,'' is a great novel, I really recommend you read it.
history: I heard John Grisham is a good author. What kind of books does he write? It's a mystery to me, but he was a lawyer and and a representative from Missouri for a time. Does he have any best sellers? I don't know that, either, but his first novel was A Time to Kill and came out in 1989. That's sounds like a good one to start with. Have any of his books been made into movies? Yes, actually, his book "The Firm" was adapted into a 1993 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise! I love Tom Cruise movies! I wonder if he is still writing? I couldn't say, but there was also a TV series in 2012 that continued the story. Well, that's good to know. I can't wait to start reading ''A Time to Kill''.
knowledge: His first novel, ''A Time to Kill,'' was published in June 1989, four years after he began writing it.