David W. Ball | |
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| Born | David Wadsworth Ball September 12, 1949 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, short story writer |
| Alma mater | Metropolitan State University of Denver Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
| Period | 1999–present |
| Genre | Historical fiction, suspense, short story |
| Spouse | Melinda Stivers Leach |
| Children | Benjamin A.W. Ball and Elizabeth X.S. Ball |
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David Wadsworth Ball (born September 12, 1949) is an American author whose novels include Empires of Sand (1999), China Run (2002) and Ironfire (2004). His short story, The Scroll, was published in Warriors (2010), and Warriors 2 (2010), anthologies assembled by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. The short story Provenance was included in an anthology entitled Rogues, published by Bantam Spectra in 2014.
Ball's works have been translated into 11 languages. Ball is currently working on his fourth novel.