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John Grisham to Visit Costa Rica

THE New York Times reportedthat novelist John Grisham will be celebratinghis 50th birthday the firstweek of February at the Four SeasonsResort on the Papagayo Peninsula, inthe northwestern province ofGuanacaste. Grisham is the author ofseveral courtroom-thrillers-turnedblockbusters,including “A Time toKill” and “The Pelican Brief.”

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