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John Ball (author)
John Dudley Ball
(July 8, 1911 – October 15, 1988), writing as
John Ball
, 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
.
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