neither did john grisham. earl stanley gardner was writing courtroom drama in the 1930's and 1940's. "anatty of a murder" came out in 1958. first we have "to kill a mockingbird," which most lawyers and most lawyer authors will tell you is kind of the seminal work of why we got interested. and i started writing a novel as i was approaching my 40th birthday. i wrote most of it on a ferry going to and from work every day. it took me three years. and that book became "special circumstances," story of a murder in a big law firm. it came out in 2000 and spent seven weeks on "the new york times"' bestsellers' list. so for those of you who have bought my books, i thank you, because now i don't have to practice law full-time anymore. >> but all kidding aside, you know, i think crime novelists and readers of crime novels whether it's lawyer books or whether it's private detectives or cops, you know, in my world i'm like -- unlike tony's, i can control the outcome. i can get justice in my books because i can fix the endi

candidates who are who are not pro corporate enough and so one of the stories is is one that that john grisham actually fictionalized in the book the appeal level we tell the true story of it is not a coffee ok the movie coffee says and sell it off thank you simply so much good luck with those who watch it spectacular thank you corporations aren't just trying to protect themselves from lawsuits or also trying to protect themselves from environmental regulations that curb global warning warming which brings us to our next story it's been a really high ear on the nation quick message to china climate change deniers now is the time to plug your ears and turn the volume down the national oceanic and atmospheric administration know is out with a new report showing that the last twelve months for may twenty eleven to april two thousand and twelve are the warmest twelve months ever recorded with an average temperature two point eight degrees above the one hundred year average and already in just the first four months of two thousand and twelve the average temperature has been five point four degrees

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whether it's in novel form, ask john grisham, or in, you know, movie form or in nonfiction. why are novels, excuse me, why are trials such an attractive form for the reader? i don't know i'm not sure for the reader, i'll tell you why they're an attractive form for the author o. because, in the first place, trials have dialogue, and this is something that you don't find a lot of in nonfiction. and this is one of the appeals of novel bees. people talk to each other back and forth. it's rare that you find a work of nonfiction where you get much in the way of dialogue unless it's writing about a trial. because in a trial you get dying log and, furthermore, unlike the ordinary conversation of you and me where you wander around the topic and do this and that and start over and all this, in trials the conversation, the dialogue always has a point. and there's a built-in conflict, a protagonist and an antagonist, and there's a resolution. there's either a conviction or an acquittal. so a large part of my story is this treason trial. and i get to weave in not only aaron burr, but tho