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Best known as a writer of suspense novels, he achieved international fame as an early exponent of dual narrative storytelling, [ 3] employing first and third person narration and two stories in tandem that converge to produce an unexpected ending. [ 4]
Bill S. Ballinger was active as a crime/suspense novelist from 1948-1971. He also was a prolific writer for radio and advertising in the 1940's and TV and film in the 50's-70's. He wrote two films produced in the 1960's. He was awarded the Edgar Allen Poe by the Mystery Writers of America.
Bill S. Ballinger has 82 books on Goodreads with 1075 ratings. Bill S. Ballinger’s most popular book is Portrait in Smoke.
After traving Europe and the Near East, Ballinger moved to southern California, to take advantage of the television 'boom' of the 1950s as a script writer. Between the years 1977 and 1979 he was an associate professor of writing at the California State University, Norhtridge.
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- March 23, 1980
- March 13, 1912
Bill S. Ballinger was born on 13 March 1912 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA. Bill S. was a writer, known for Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), The Outer Limits (1963) and I Spy (1965). Bill S. died on 23 March 1980 in Tarzana, California, USA.
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- March 13, 1912
- Bill S. Ballinger
- March 23, 1980
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(1912-1980) US screenwriter (10 scripts between 1954 and 1974) and author who has also signed his books Bill S Ballinger (but who should not be confused with W A Ballinger, a House Name used by W Howard Baker and Wilfred McNeilly); he also published books as by Frederic Freyer and B X Sanborn.