NEW YORK (KLTV) - Doubleday has announced it will publish John Grisham’s new non-fiction book on an East Texas man on death row in connection with the death of his daughter.

“SHAKEN: The Rush to Execute an Innocent Man” will chronicle the story of Robert Roberson and will be released on June 9, 2026 by Doubleday.

“The wrongful conviction of Robert Roberson has been an ongoing tragedy for over twenty years,” Grisham said in a press release. “If it now becomes a wrongful execution, it will live in infamy. We don’t know its final chapter, but I’ll be there to record the outcome.”

Grisham is the author of 51 consecutive No. 1 bestsellers. He serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have

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