Betty Ballantine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Betty Ballantine

American editor and publisher

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1919

Place of Birth: British Raj, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Feb-2019

Profession: editor, publisher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Elizabeth Jones Ballantine (September 25, 1919 – February 12, 2019), better known as Betty Ballantine, was an American publisher, editor, and writer.
She was born during the Raj to a British colonial family.
After her marriage to Ian Ballantine in 1939, she moved to New York where they created Bantam Books in 1945 and established Ballantine Books in 1952.
They became freelance publishers in the 1970s.
Their son, Richard, was an author and journalist specializing in cycling topics.