The new USA Network series isn’t even the first TV show to follow a big-screen adaptation of its namesake Grisham novel.

Nearly thirty years after it became a big-screen movie starring Matt Damon, John Grisham’s courtroom thriller The Rainmaker is getting the TV series treatment, courtesy of USA. But did it acquit itself well?

An adaptation of The Rainmaker by John Grisham premieres on USA Network. Here's what you should know about the man behind the story.