William Hill
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Born
in Indianapolis, Indiana, The United StatesGenre
Fantasy, Thriller, Horror
Influences
Stan Lee, Bill Watterson, Richard Bach, Roger Zelazney, George Lucas, Stan Lee, Bill Watterson, Richard Bach, Roger Zelazney, George Lucas, Michael Moorcock, Mo Willems, Berke Breathed, Dr. Seuss, JRR Tolkienmore
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William Hill is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, and first learned to read through comic books and adventure and science fiction novels.
Since realizing that the corporate world stifled creative thought and discouraged personal imagination, Bill has been employed as an alchemist in South Lake Tahoe and an EMT/Ski Patroller at a North Lake Tahoe resort.
Although his first writing love is magic-oriented fantasy, Hill's first and second novels - Dawn of the Vampire and Vampire's Kiss - were supernatural thrillers published by Pinnacle. The Magic Bicycle and California Ghosting were published by Otter Creek Press.
Bill and his lovely wife, Kat, and their son, Brin, currently reside in the beautiful Carson Valley of Nevada. Bill intends to write William Hill is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana
A History of William Hill
For many this is the first name in gambling: Growing up in the days before the arrival of the Internet, William Hill betting shops were prevalent on British High Streets and those of a certain age who still like to bet online would have almost certainly used one of their shops at some point.
They aren’t necessarily the oldest bookmaker still in existence but their history stretches back over 80 years so how did it all began and how did they become the respected brand that we all know today?
Beginnings: to ’s
The company was founded in by a Mr William Hill himself and in the days before the industry was fully legalised, the official history states that it was set up as a telephone and postal service only and certainly that would have been a main focus of the operation at that time.
William Hill, like many of his contemporaries, started out in bookmaking at a young age and while working as an apprentice at the BSA motorcycle factory during World War I, he would drive around and collect bets on his bike.
Once the war had ended, Hill began to take his bookmaking activities more seriously. He set up at race courses but at that point he was some way ou
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