David Ball is an award-winning author who has held Shubert, McKnight, Rockefeller, and National Endowment of the Arts grants. His plays have been staged throughout North America and Europe, including the Guthrie in Minneapolis, off Broadway, and Scotland's Edinburgh Festival. He's taught writing at Duke and Carnegie-Mellon and has written many plays for the Tony Award-winning Theatre de la Jeune Lune. While he's been most influenced by his science training and Peace Corps service (Afghanistan), two years of taxi driving was his favorite and most enlightening job. Born in NY's Catskill Mountains to a bootlegger and an antique dealer, David is now widely known as America's most influential trial consultant.
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After four trips to the Sahara and extensive historical research, David Ball crafted this sweeping adventure novel spanning two continents and 15 years. Set against a backdrop of the crumbling French Empire's attempts to colonize the Sahara Desert, Empire... SEE MORE