Todhunter Ballard

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. …