Background
Ballantine, Betty was born on September 25, 1919 in Fyzabad, India. Daughter of Arnold Middleton Jones and Norah Maude McNally.
Ballantine, Betty was born on September 25, 1919 in Fyzabad, India. Daughter of Arnold Middleton Jones and Norah Maude McNally.
They became freelance publishers in the 1970s. Their son Richard is an author and journalist specializing in cycling topics. The Ballantines were both inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2008, with a shared citation.
Betty Ballantine wrote a novel, The Secret Oceans, published by Bantam in 1994 () with illustrations by twelve artists.
School Library Journal wrote, "This info-novel is a modern-day, ecology-oriented 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for kids.".
Married Ian Ballantine, June 22, 1939. 1 child Richard Ian.