The son of a scientist, John Dudley Ball was born in Schenectady, New York, and grew up in Milwaukee. He attended Carroll College in Wisconsin. He subsequently worked as a science staff writer on Fortune, a music critic and feature writer for the Brooklyn Eagle, a daily columnist on the New York World-Telegram & Sun, a broadcaster for a Washington radio station, and a Director of Public Relations for the Institute of Aerospace Sciences. His In the Heat of the Night was awarded a Mystery Writers of America "Edgar" for the Best First Mystery Novel of the Year, and since had been followed by The Cool Cottontail, also featuring his African-American detective, Virgil Tibbs. Mr. Ball also authored a number of notable young adult books.
| Born | 8 July 1911 |
| Died | 15 October 1988 |
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| Born | 8 July 1911 |
| Died | 15 October 1988 |
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Fiction, Police, African American police, Detective and mystery stories, African americans, fiction, California, fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Pasadena (calif.), fiction, Tibbs, virgil (fictitious character), fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Children's fiction, Airplanes, Bank robberies, Crime, great britain, Criminal investigation, English Detective and mystery stories, English language, Fiction - Mystery/ Detective, Fiction in English, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, History and criticism, Mystery & Detective - General, Science fiction, Short storiesPlaces
California, Pasadena, Pasadena (Calif.), London, 427 Park Lane, Arctic regions, Australia, Baker Street, Camden House, Cave of Ali Baba, Cell 13, England, Florence, France, Hunter's Lodge, Kensington, Khartoum, Lhasa, Maynooth, Mecca, Montpellier, Persia, Reichenbach Falls, Rue Morgue, TaiwanPeople
Earl of Maynooth, Inspector G. Lestrade, James Moriarty, John H. Watson, Mr. Strang, Mycroft Holmes, Ronald Adair, Sebastian Moran, Sherlock HolmesTime
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- John Ball Jr.
- John Dudley Ball
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