response: I'm not sure. He did practice criminal law for about 10 years, then became a representative from Mississippi.
original_response: No, he went to law school and he practiced criminal law for about 10 years and then served in the House of Representatives in Mississippi for 6 years.
history: Tell me about John grisham He's a best-selling author, an attorney, and a politician. He's best known for his legal thrillers. Tell me about some of his thrillers His very first  novel, ''A Time to Kill'' was published in June of 1989, 4 years after he started writing it. Wow, was he educated in the Literary Arts?
knowledge: He practiced criminal law for about a decade and served in the House of Representatives in Mississippi from January 1984 to September 1990.