सेथ हबर्ड यांनी त्यांच्या प्रचंड संपत्तीचा नव्वद टक्के भाग त्यांच्याकडे घरकाम करणार्या लेटी लँग नावाच्या गरीब, कृष्णवर्णीय मोलकरणीला मृत्युपत्राद्वारे देऊन टाकला होता! अर्थातच मृताच्या नातेवाइकांनी मृत्युपत्राच्या वैधतेला कोर्टात आव्हान दिलं. लेटीच्या चारित्र्यावर शिंतोडे उडवले गेले. अन्यही आरोप झाले तिच्यावर; पण वकील जेक ब्रिगन्स लेटीच्या पाठीशी भक्कमपणे उभा होता; कारण त्यानेच आपल्या मृत्युपत्राची केस चालवावी असं सेथ यांनी मृत्युआधी त्याला लिहिलेल्या पत्रात बजावलेलं होतं. असं काय कारण घडलं असावं, की ज्यामुळे सेथ हबर्ड यांनी त्यांच्या अगदी अखेरच्या क्षणी नवं मृत्युपत्र लिहून त्यांची बहुतेक सगळी मालमत्ता लेटीला देऊन टाकली? त्यांनी आत्महत्या करण्यासाठी फार पूर्वी ‘सिकॅमोर रो’या नावाने ओळखल्या जाणार्या एका निर्जन भागाची निवड का केली? त्यांनी ज्याचं वर्णन ‘कोणीही आयुष्यात कधीही बघू नये’ या शब्दांत केलं, असं कोणतं भयंकर दृश्य त्यांनी आणि त्यांच्या भावाने त्यांच्या लहानपणी पाहिलं होतं?
Grisham was born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The son of a construction worker dreamed of becoming a 'professional baseball player'. But when he realized that he did not have the necessary things, he diverted his car to another subject.
After graduating in law, he practiced law for ten years. He was elected and served in the Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1990. One day, after hearing the story of a twelve-year-old girl who was raped, he started writing a novel based on it. He used to wake up at five in the morning and write novels before going to work. The novel was completed three years later; But publishers were not quick to accept.
He was a lawyer working sixty to seventy hours a week in Mississippi before earning the title of "author of legal thrillers." He spent all his time in the office. Sometimes before going to work and sometimes in between, he used to devote his time to novel writing. But soon his writing hobby turned into a full-time profession. A series of popular and exciting novels began. Nine of his novels have been made into films. Many of his novels became 'bestsellers'. Apart from writing, he is also involved in social work. Work is done for the people affected by the storm from the pandas they set up.
SUDARSHAN SHANTARAM ATHAVALE IS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER BY PROFESSION. AS HE HAD A SPECIAL INTEREST IN THE LITERARY GENRE, HE HAS TRANSLATED SEVERAL BOOKS FROM ENGLISH TO MARATHI, TO NAME THE FEW OF THEM, 'ULTIMATUM', 'TRAVELING TO INFINITY - MY LIFE WITH STEPHEN', AND 'BEFORE MEMORY FADES'.