Todhunter Ballard

Willis Todhunter Ballard (December 13, 1903- December 27, 1980) was a Cleveland, Ohio-born American author, known for his Westerns and mystery novels.

Pseudonyms

Ballard also wrote under the following pseudonyms: Jack Slade, Neil MacNeil, Clay Turner, John Hunter, Sam Bowie, Parker Bonner, and Brian Agar. [ [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/todhunter-ballard/ Todhunter Ballard ] ]

Schooling

He attended schools in Cleveland and Westtown, Pennsylvania. In 1926 he graduated from Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio.

Work

Ballard wrote thousands of magazines stories and over fifty television scripts. [ [http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv69785 Guide to the Todhunter Ballard Papers 1926-1975 ] ] Almost all of these stories were in the mystery or western genre. Ballard died on December 27, 1980 in Mount Dora, Florida.

Partial Bibliography

* "The Circle C Feud" (1952)
* "High Iron" (1953)
* "Guns of the Lawless" (1956)
* "Trail Town Marshall" (1957)
* "Trouble on the Massacre" (1959)
* "The Night Riders" (1961)
* "Gold in California!" (1965)
* "Nowhere Left to Run" (1972)
* "Trails of Rage" (1975)
* "Sheriff of Tombstone" (1977)
* "Showdown"
* "Trails of rage" (1975)
* "Loco and the Wolf" (1973)
* "Home to Texas" (1974)
* "Two tons of gold"
* "Lost gold : a western duo"
* "The Californian" (1971)
* "Gopher gold" (1962)
* "West of quarantine"
* "A western bonanza; eight short novels of the West" (1969)

Awards

*Spur Award, 1965 for ‘’Gold in California’’.

References

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