The main character is a justice-seeking Black lawyer. Sound familiar?
Now the ubiquitous, media-savvy 54-year-old attorney is embarking on a new career: crime novelist. Never one to downplay his ambition, Crump told The Daily Beast on Wednesday that he will create a “whole new genre” through his seven-figure, two-book deal with Bantam Books.
“Traditionally, you have the legal thrillers that focus on the ‘who did it.’ Well, what I am introducing is the ‘why did it,’” he added in a phone interview. “And that is going to be a riveting thing when you break down society through an entertaining cast of characters to not only understand how the injustice happened but why it is happening and how we overcame it.”
While there are undeniable similarities between Crump and Cooper, he said the thrillers are biomythography—a melange of history, biography, and myth. followed him for a year, and he also produced a short film about the landmark 1982 civil case in Chattanooga, where five Black women fought to hold the Ku Klux Klan accountable after a shooting.
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