Biography:

Born–December 28,  1921, Florence, Ala. Parents–William and Mittie Ballard. Lived early part of life in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia. During WWII, he served four years in the Air Corps as a radar observer;  served in the Strategic Air Command during the Korean Conflict. Education– University of Virginia and St. John’s College in Annapolis. Lived in Virginia and in Atlanta, Ga. Died October 1, 1990.

Source:

Bert Hitchcock; ancestry.com

Publication(s):

But a Little Moment. New York; E.P. Dutton, 1950.

The Long Way Through. Boston; Houghton, Mifflin, 1959.

Rolling All the Time; Stories. Urbana; University of Illinois Press, 1976.