John Ball

Raised in Milwaukee after a Schenectady birth and educated at Carroll College, John Dudley Ball Jr. combined a stint as a reserve deputy with martial-arts training and even performed semi-professionally as a magician under stage names such as “Jacques Morintell.” His literary reputation rests on the Virgil Tibbs mystery series, beginning with the 1965 novel that earned the Mystery Writers of Ameri… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources