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Rod Ballard

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Fiction, Contemporary, Classics

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Rod Ballard is an Award-Winning, acclaimed writer, and entrepreneur who is a native of South Carolina. With four published books to his credit, including his newly released title "Back to Slavery," he has been awarded numerous Readers' Favorite 5-Star Editorial Reviews. He has been writing since a kid but took it seriously in 2015. All of Rod's books are available on Amazon Books, Amazon Kindle, Barnes Noble, and many fine online book sites.

Rod is committed to fitness and health, living a positive life, as it is his personal belief that how you keep yourself fit on the outside reflects who you are on the inside. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, writing, movies, and listening to music of various styles but favors Smooth Jazz and R&B.

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Average rating: 4.27 · 86 ratings · 47 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Dirty C.O. 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Confessions of a True Womanizer 4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lovely Chocolate 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Back to Slavery by Rod Ballard (Goodreads Author), D.A. Goodwin (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Rod Ballard is now friends with Nouf K. Al Mosallam
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Rod Ballard rated a book it was amazing Back to Slavery by Rod Ballard (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Rod Ballard liked Crystal's review of Back to Slavery: "Royal went from saying, all you have to do is what the white man tell you to do, to no I’m not picking cotton & eating dirt in the next breath. Kids…. >>🙄"
Oct 18, 2023 07:42AM · see review

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“And just because a person is pro black doesn’t mean they are racist.”
― Rod Ballard, Lovely Chocolate

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“If the devil trying to hold u back today, DON'T worry about him. He's a sucka trying to hold you back because you are getting closer to God. Trust in ‪#‎God‬ to put his hands around his neck choke him out.
‪#‎RodKnowsBest‬”
― Rod Ballard

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