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America's Book Club -- John Grisham on Writing Nonfiction Compared to Fiction
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October 17, 2025
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2:22Now PlayingAmerica's Book Club -- John Grisham on writing nonfiction compared to fiction: "I much prefer the fiction because the nonfiction takes so much work. There's a lot of research to do, and you have to get it right and and you have to be accurate. With fiction, I'm not known for my accuracy. I just make stuff up. Okay? And if they catch a mistake, I don't care. You fictionalize anything. But the nonfiction is uh and these cases are still active."
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