Todhunter Ballard
b. 1903 – d. 1980 · 42 books
Biography
Willis Todhunter Ballard was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His first short story appeared in *Hunter-Trader-Trapper* magazine when he was twelve. Starting in 1933, his short stories began appearing in *Black Mask* magazine. Ballard wrote about one thousand short stores and novelettes for the pulps. His stories were also published in such popular mainstream magazines as *The Saturday Evening Post*, *This Week*, *McCall’s*, and *Esquire*. Ballard was also a prolific novelist, with about twenty mystery novels and more than 60 Westerns. In addition to his own name, he used about fifteen pseudonyms.
Ballard was the first cousin of writer Rex Stout, who created Nero Wolfe. They both shared the middle name of Todhunter.
Source: http://tomrizzo.com/w-t-ballard-million-words-a-year
Ballard was the first cousin of writer Rex Stout, who created Nero Wolfe. They both shared the middle name of Todhunter.
Source: http://tomrizzo.com/w-t-ballard-million-words-a-year
Books by Todhunter Ballard
Trail Town Marshal
Say Yes to Murder
Say Yes to Murder
Tough in the Saddle
Incident at Sun Mountain
Two Tons of Gold
Gunman from rawhide
Guns Of The Lawless
Dark kill
The sheriff of Tombstone
Two-Edged Vengeance
Gunman from Texas
The long trail back
High Iron
The Marshall from Deadwood
The marshal from Deadwood
West of quarantine
Loco and the Wolf
Plunder Canyon
Applegate's Gold
Applegate's Gold
Hollywood troubleshooter
Trails of rage
Nowhere left to run
Nowhere left to run (Doubleday western)
Trouble on the Massacre
Give a Man a Gun
A western bonanza
A western bonanza
Murder Las Vegas style
Murder Las Vegas style
Desperation Valley
Westward the monitors roar
Gold fever in Gopher
Gold fever in Gopher
Gopher gold
Gopher gold (A Double D wester
Gopher gold (A Double D western)
Pretty Miss Murder
They Rode At Night
They Rode At Night
Hot dam
Hot dam
Chance Elson
Third on a Seesaw
West of justice
West of justice
The Circle C Feud
The Circle C Feud
Murder can't stop
Outlaw Brand
The Californian