Bill Heller

In addition to publishing more than twenty books, award-winning author, Bill Heller, has written hundreds of magazine articles for approximately eighty different publications. He contributes regularly to Trainer Magazine and Canadian Sportsman and handicaps New York Thoroughbred racing for the Daily Gazette. The prior national president and chairman of the board of the United States Harness Writers Association, he serves as vice president of the Saratoga Harness Museum and Hall of Fame.

Because of his expertise in Thoroughbred racing, Heller has been the recipient of numerous awards for magazine writing, including the Eclipse Award for magazine writing on Thoroughbred racing, five first place honors in the American Horse Publications awards, and William Leggett Breeders’ Cup Award.

Having graduated with honors from the State University of Albany with a degree in political science and a minor in journalism, Heller resides in Albany, New York, with his wife.