Doubleday to Publish New Nonfiction by John Grisham

Suzanne Herz at Doubleday acquired U.S. rights to Shaken: The Rush to Execute an Innocent Man by John Grisham from David Gernert at the Gernert Company. The nonfiction book centers on “the tragic case of Robert Roberson, a Texas father who has spent years on death row for a crime that never occurred,” per the publisher. Publication is set for June 9, 2026. 

An announced first printing of 1,500,000 copies has been set, and Hodder and Stoughton will publish simultaneously in the U.K.

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