Willis Todhunter Ballard (December 13, 1903 – December 27, 1980) was a Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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-born American

United States

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 author, known for his Westerns

Western (genre)

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 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.

Schooling

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

Wilmington College

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, Wilmington, Ohio

Wilmington, Ohio

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Work

Ballard wrote thousands of magazines stories and over fifty television scripts. Almost all of these stories were in the mystery or western genre.
Ballard died on December 27, 1980 in Mount Dora, Florida

Mount Dora, Florida

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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)

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