From the time John Grisham exploded onto the literary scene with bestseller after number one bestseller starting in the early 90s, this lawyer-turned-turned-writer had a reputation for writing incredibly compelling

fiction, often focused on tragic flaws in the criminal justice system. His newest book,

a collection of short stories, is very much the same sort of page turner we've come to

expect from him, but with a twist. All these stories are as wild as anything you'd find in one

of his novels.

They also happen to be true.

From KERA in Dallas, this is think.

I'm Chris Boyd.

The project was inspired by Grisham's personal and professional interest in exoneries.

People who eventually have their names cleared after being accused of crimes they had nothing to do with.

Not all the innocent people featured in this book have been so fortunate, but it's impossible

to read their stories without gaining a profound sense that when any American is unfairly

punished, all Americans should be righteously outraged. John Grisham's numerous best-selling novels

have been translated into almost 50 different languages.

His new book, written with Jim McCloskey, is called Framed, Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions.

John, welcome back to think.

Happy to be here.

So before this collection of stories, I think you'd only done one nonfiction book. I mean,

your ability to create these compelling tales out of thin air seems to readers, I think,

almost like a supernatural ability. But you've said writing nonfiction is actually more

challenging for you. Yeah, it's a whole lot more work.

It's a lot of research, and I'm not really keen on too much research when I do fiction,

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