John Grisham: American Author on his new spy novel 'The French Illusion', writing

About this episode

Another year, another novel from bestselling author John Grisham. He's had 51 consecutive number 1 bestselling books across various genres, and has sold nearly half a billion copies worldwide. And now he's stepping out of the courtroom with his first spy thriller and foray into international espionage – 'The French Illusion'. "I love spy novels," Grisham told Mike Hosking. "I grew up reading them – still read them a lot." And so he decided to take a break from the courtroom and the lawyers, getting the idea for this story while visiting Paris. "For years my wife has said, "why don't you set a book here in France? We enjoy Paris and there's so much to write about," and I said, "great, I'd…