BALLINGER, William S(anborn)

(1912-1980)

   US screenwriter and novelist who has also signed his books Bill S.Ballinger. His work in radio and film was successful (he won an Edgar Award in 1960), but his sf is comparatively obscure, and some listed titles are dubious. We feel secure about listing The 49 Days of Death (1969) and The Ultimate Warrior (1975), which novelizes The ULTIMATE WARRIOR (1975). Other titles which have been ascribed to WSB, but which we cannot feel secure about, include The Fourth of Forever (1963) and The Doom Maker (1959) as by B.X.Sanborn, the latter being more widely credited to WSB than the former. He was perhaps best known for his detective novels under the name Frederic Freyer.