John Ball

John Ball

John Dudley Ball Jr. was an American writer best known for mystery novels involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. Tibbs was introduced in the 1965 novel In the Heat of the Night, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America and was made into an Oscar-winning film of the same name, starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger.

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Male
Birth Place
United States of America, New York
Date of Death
October 15th, 1988
Died Aged
18
Star Sign
Cancer
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