Editing John Grisham (section)

====Southern settings====
Several of Grisham's legal thrillers are set in the fictional town of Clanton, Mississippi, in the equally fictional Ford County, a northwest Mississippi town still deeply divided by racism. The first novel set in Clanton was ''[[A Time to Kill (Grisham novel)|A Time to Kill]]''. Other stories set there include ''[[The Last Juror]]'', ''[[The Summons (Grisham novel)|The Summons]]'', ''[[The Chamber (novel)|The Chamber]]'', ''[[The Reckoning (Grisham novel)|The Reckoning]]'', ''[[A Time for Mercy]]'' and ''[[Sycamore Row]]''. The stories in the collection ''[[Ford County (short story collection)|Ford County]]'' are also set in and around Clanton. Other Grisham novels have non-fictional Southern settings, for example ''[[The Partner (Grisham novel)|The Partner]]'', ''[[The Runaway Jury]]'', and ''[[The Boys from Biloxi]]'' are set in [[Biloxi]], and large portions of ''[[The Pelican Brief]]'' in [[New Orleans]]. ''A Painted House'' is set in and around the town of Black Oak, Arkansas, where Grisham spent some of his childhood.