Ron Clark Ball Explained

Birth Date:	24 July 1959
Occupation:	Novelist
Genre:	Thriller, Spy fiction, Mystery

Ron Clark Ball (born July 24, 1959) is an American thriller and suspense novelist from McLean, Virginia, and the author of Falcon on the Tower (2007), . He is also a former officer and Naval Aviator who flew the F-14 Tomcat and served in the United States Navy during Operation Desert Storm.^{[1] [2]}

In addition to fiction, Ron Clark Ball has also written and lectured extensively on the increasing threat to National Security and damage to the Aerospace and Defense Industries by cyber attack using counterfeit and cloned electronic components and microchips manufactured in China.^{[3] [4]}

In 2018, Ball was tried and convicted on four felony counts and sentenced to twenty years in prison for having defrauded a physician's widow, and others, in a securities investment scheme.^[5]

External links

• • • fictiondb author page
• https://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/17/serial-con-man-sentenced-20-years-prison-ordered-pay-victims-1-m/1041231001/

Notes and References

1. http://www.usnwc.edu/Events/Lecture-of-Opportunity--Mr--Ron-Clark-Ball.aspx "Lecture of Opportunity: Mr. Ron Clark Ball, author of Falcon on the Tower"
2. http://www.nwcfoundation.org/Products.asp?pid=400&tid=3&did=&sid= "The Naval War College Foundation"
3. Web site: 2013 . The DoD Counterfeit Threat and Compliance 2 . www.erai.com.
4. Web site: New-Hire-Ron-Ball . www.harrykrantz.com.
5. Web site: 2018. Serial Con Man Sentenced 3. https://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/17/serial-con-man-sentenced-20-years-prison-ordered-pay-victims-1-m/1041231001/