The Fort Lauderdale office of Boies Schiller Flexner may have the next John Grisham in its midst.

James Grippando, author of 25 novels and counsel at the firm, is a finalist for the 2017 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. His book “Gone Again” is up against novels by Jodi Picoult and Graham Moore. The winner, to be announced in September, will be chosen by a four-person panel with input from a public poll.