Author John Grisham donates $5 Million.......

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Grisham to donate $5 million in relief aid
Author sets up Mississippi fund to help rebuild after Katrina

Author John Grisham set up an account in Tupelo, Miss., to help rebuild his home state.

Jim Cooper / AP

Updated: 8:36 p.m. ET Sept. 4, 2005

TUPELO, Miss. - Bestselling writer John Grisham and his wife will contribute $5 million to a relief fund they established this week at a Tupelo bank to help Mississippians rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.

"We don't normally publicize gifts. It's something we keep extremely private," Grisham said Friday during a conference call with the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal and officials with BancorpSouth.

"But in these very, very rare circumstances — this tragic time — we hope the gift will get some attention and inspire other people to contribute money and help our fellow Mississippians on the Gulf Coast," said Grisham, who maintains a home in Oxford, Miss.