Possible Clues:

• 'The Pelican Brief' author
• 'The Firm' author
• "The Firm" author John
• John who wrote 'The Pelican Brief'
• Lawyer who became an author
• "The Rainmaker" writer
• 'The Appeal' novelist
• ''The Pelican Brief'' author
• 'The Firm' novelist John
• 'Gray Mountain' author