A Time to Kill (novel)
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A Time to Kill (novel) has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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John GrishamAmerican bestselling author of legal thrillers and former lawyer
Grisham says witnessing a child's testimony in a rape trial gave him the idea for A Time to Kill.
“A fictional story is seen through the eyes of this idealistic young attorney who gets appointed to represent this guy. And here we go. And that was the origin of A Time to Kill”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: How One “Golden Moment” Can Transform Your Entire Life (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 38:26
Grisham says his editor cut a third of the nearly thousand-page A Time to Kill manuscript, which led him to always outline in advance.
“My first editor, who was a great editor, cut a third of it and he was right. There was just too much junk in it”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: How One “Golden Moment” Can Transform Your Entire Life (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 17:13
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
How One “Golden Moment” Can Transform Your Entire LifeThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 1, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Mel Robbins interviews novelist John Grisham about the "golden moments," rejections, and one-page-a-day discipline that turned a small-town lawyer into a bestselling author.