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John Ball

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.

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Born 8 July 1911
Died 15 October 1988

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    First published in 1960 — 1 edition
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Born 8 July 1911
Died 15 October 1988

Subjects

Fiction, Police, African American police, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, African americans, fiction, California, fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Tibbs, virgil (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction in English, Pasadena (calif.), fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Children's fiction, Fiction, general, History and criticism, Airplanes, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, United States, Addresses, essays, lectures, Air Force Flight Test Center (U.S.), Air pilots, Ananda Cooperative Village, Aviation, Bank robberies, Bank robberies -- Great Britain., Brigands and robbers -- Great Britain.

Places

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, Southern California

People

Earl of Maynooth, Inspector G. Lestrade, James Moriarty, John H. Watson, Mr. Strang, Mycroft Holmes, Ronald Adair, Sebastian Moran, Sherlock Holmes

Time

1894, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, WWII

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  • OLID: OL953233A

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Alternative names

  • John Ball Jr.
  • John Dudley Ball

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April 28, 2021 Edited by indy133 PAN changed
December 29, 2019 Edited by M C W Edited without comment.
December 29, 2019 Edited by M C W Edited without comment.
December 29, 2019 Edited by M C W Added author info
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import