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Bill S. Ballinger

Bill S. Ballinger (William Sanborn Ballinger) was a prolific American author and screenwriter. Working in radio and advertising in the early 1940s, Ballinger wrote 81 radio scripts and produced The Dinah Shore Show, The Breakfast Club, and Lowell Thomas broadcasts. Ballinger was a frequent writer for American television with 150 teleplays to his name. He also wrote screenplays for two films. The author of 30 books, Ballinger also used the names B.S. Sanborn and Frederic Fryer. His most famous work was 1950s Portrait in Smoke that received a Les Grands Maîtres du Roman Policier Award and was filmed in 1956 as Wicked as they Come. His book, The Longest Second, was nominated in 1958 for an Edgar Award for the Best Mystery novel. - Wikipedia

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Born 13 March 1912
Died 23 March 1980

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  • Cover of: body in the bed

    First published in 1948 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Portrait of Smoke

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  • Cover of: Beacon in the night.

    First published in 1958 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Lost city of stone: the story of Nan Madol, the "Atlantis" of the Pacific

    First published in 1978 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Portrait in Smoke/the Tooth and the Nail/2 Mysteries in 1 Book

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  • Cover of: spy in the jungle

    First published in 1965 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The body beautiful

    First published in 1949 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Ultimate Warrior

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  • Cover of: The 49 days of death

    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Beautiful Trap

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  • Cover of: The California story: credit unions' first fifty years

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  • Cover of: Chinese Mask

    First published in 1965 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The darkening door.

    First published in 1952 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The doom-maker

    First published in 1959 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The fourth of forever.

    First published in 1963 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The heir hunters

    First published in 1966 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The longest second.

    First published in 1957 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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Born 13 March 1912
Died 23 March 1980

Subjects

Fiction, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, Banks and banking, cooperative, Banks and banking, united states, Cooperative Banks and banking, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction in English, Hand-to-hand fighting, History, Nuclear winter, Police, Survival

Places

California, New York, Greece., Hollywood, Mexico, Ponape Island Nanmatol

Time

1950s, 1960s

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  • OLID: OL1771267A

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Alternative names

  • Bill S. Ballinger
  • B.S. Sanborn
  • Frederic Fryer

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June 10, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar author bio
June 10, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Added new photo
August 28, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import