The War in Sallie's Station (Five Star First Edition Woman's Fiction Series) - Hardcover

Her first book, Aunt Matilda’s Ghost, a novel for children, received the Excellence in Writing Award at the Winthrop College (now Univ.) Writers’ Conference for the best published book in the category by a South Carolina writer.

Raven Rock, a mystery for adult readers, published by Dodd Mead in 1986, was followed by Cry at Dusk in 1987. Carroll & Graf brought out Deadly Promise, a Christmas mystery, in 1989. All were published in England and were selections of several book clubs. Two were also published in paper.

A fourth novel of suspense, The Widow’s Wood, was published by Carroll & Graf in 1991, followed by Final Curtain in 1992, and Minerva Cries Murder in 1993. Angel at Troublesome Creek, the first in a mystery series featuring Augusta Goodnight, guardian angel “temp,” was published in hard cover November 1999 from St. Martin’s Minotaur. Berkley released it in paper in February 2001. St. Martin’s published An Angel to Die For in October 2000, and Silver Dagger Mysteries, an imprint of Overmountain Press, reissued Aunt Matilda’s Ghost in March of 2000, and published a reprint of Raven Rock in September of 2000. A third angel mystery, Shadow of an Angel, will be published by St. Martin’s.

A short story, Waiting for Pixie, was included in a mystery anthology, Malice IV, and her short fiction has been published in “Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.” “Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine,” (Duke University) “Archive,” and others.

Ballard lives with her husband, Gene, in Fort Mill, South Carolina and they have two grown daughters and five grandchildren.