What A Novel Idea

Hey, Mr. Grisham, I've got an idea for you.

You've written all sorts of courtroom drama books, from almost every perspective. From the juror to the prosecutor, from the tort lawyer to the firm, from the people who analyze the jury members to the pro bono defense attorney, you've created a story for them all.

But there is one person in the courtroom that you've overlooked, someone who absolutely needs a story.



The Court Reporter.

Come on! How could you have missed him/her? They're a vital part of the court process. Surely you could create a fascinating work of fiction around these guys. Just imagine, maybe the court reporter is being paid to type false information into the stenography machine...and when the jury is hung they ask to have the reporter's notes read back to them to help them decide, and they get all the wrong information, and their minds are changed and the outcome of the case is forever changed.

All because of the lowly court reporter.

And people would buy it, you know how fishy those court reporters look anyway...doing that automaton thing, staring with their deer in the headlight eyes at the speaker , never blinking, all while moving their hands in that "I don't really know what I'm doing, I'm just touching random keys at the same time over and over" way...they could TOTALLY be some sort of secret agent spy character.


Just think about it.