John Ball
Also known as
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 1911-07-08
Died 1988-10-15
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL953233A
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Books by John Ball
Total count: 34
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The phonograph record industry.Bellman Pub. Co.1947-01-01
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Records for pleasure.Rutgers Univ. Press1947-01-01
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Operation Springboard.[1st ed.]Duell, Sloan and Pearce1958-01-01
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Spacemaster I.[1st ed.]Duell, Sloan and Pearce1960-01-01
Edwards: Flight Test Center of the U. S. A. F.[1st ed.]Duell, Sloan and Pearce1962-01-01
Judo boy.[1st ed.]Duell, Sloan and Pearce1964-01-01
In the heat of the nightHarper & Row1965-01-01
The cool cottontail[1st ed.]Harper & Row1966-01-01-
Arctic showdownan Alaskan adventure[1st ed.]Duell, Sloan and Pearce1966-01-01
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Rescue mission[1st ed.]Harper & Row1966-01-01
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Miss One Thousand Spring Blossomsa novel[1st ed.]Little, Brown1968-01-01
Johnny get your guna novel[1st ed.]Little, Brown1969-01-01-
Dragon Hotel[1st ed.]Walker/Weatherhill1969-01-01
Reader's digest condensed booksMiss One Thousand Spring Blossoms, The Hurricane Years, The Wine and the Music, On Reflection, Black Ship1st ed.Reader's Digest Association1969-01-01-
Last plane outa novel.[1st ed.]Little, Brown1970-01-01
The first team[1st ed.]Little, Brown1971-01-01-
Five pieces of jade[1st ed.]Little, Brown1972-01-01
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The fourteenth point[1st ed.]Little, Brown1973-01-01
Mark one: the dummy[1st ed.]Little, Brown1974-01-01
The winds of Mitamuraa novel1st ed.Little, Brown1975-01-01-
The eyes of Buddha[Book club ed.]Little, Brown1976-01-01
Phase three alerta novel1st ed.Little, Brown1977-01-01
Cops and robbersan investigation into armed bank robberyA. Deutsch1978-01-01
The killing in the market1st ed.Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday1978-01-01
The murder childrena novelDodd, Mead1979-01-01
Then came violence1st ed.Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday1980-01-01
Trouble for Tallon1st ed.Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday1981-01-01
Ananda--where yoga livesBowling Green University Popular Press1982-01-01-
5 Pieces of JadeLrg editionUlverscroft Large Print1983-06-01
Chief Tallon and the S.O.R.1st ed.Dodd, Mead1984-01-01
Singaporea Virgil Tibbs mystery novel1st ed.Dodd, Mead1986-01-01-
The Kiwi TargetA Novel of SuspenseDodd Mead1988-01-01
The vana tale of terror1st ed.St. Martin's Press1989-01-01-
In the heat of the nightImPress2005-01-01