![]() Grippando currently lives in south Florida with his wife, Tiffany. Some of his notable accomplishments include his novel Leapholes (2006), which was the first young adult novel published by the American Bar Association, and Gone Again (2016) which was awarded the 2017 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. Leapholes James Grippando 47 Hardcover 12 offers from £5.48 The Big Lie: A Jack Swyteck Novel: 16 James Grippando 385 Paperback 6 offers from £2.21 The Pardon (Jack Swyteck): 1 James Grippando 361 Mass Market Paperback 5 offers from £2. Now, he writes full time and has nearly thirty books to his name, in addition to a plethora of articles and short stories. His first attempt faced a slough of rejections, but his second work, The Pardon, was a smashing (and published) success. Following that experience, he became a trial attorney, and in the twelve years following worked such varied cases as death-penalty appeals and a seven-year trial involving poultry farming, which, as noted by the Wall Street Journal, had a major impact on the industry as a whole.Īs a lawyer, Grippando wrote and published various scholarly articles, and his interest in writing eventually led him to start on a novel. He earned both his bachelors degree and Juris Doctor from Florida State university, where his accomplishments included being selected to the Order of the Coif, and serving as the Executive Editor of the University of Florida Law Review.Īfter graduating, Grippando worked as a law clerk in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. VJ Books Presents Author James Grippando! James Grippando was born in Waukegan, Illinois and grew up in rural Illinois with his four siblings. You are here: Home > Our Authors > Grippando, James ![]()
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