John Grisham, the second oldest of five siblings, was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Wanda Skidmore Grisham and John Grisham.[4] His father worked as a construction worker and a cotton farmer, while his mother was a homemaker.[9] When Grisham was four years old, his family started traveling around the South, until they finally settled in Southaven in DeSoto County, Mississippi.[4] As a child, Gri