David W. Ball

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. Provided by Wikipedia