Bill Henderson (born April 5, 1941) is an American author, editor and publisher best known for his memoirs and the Pushcart Prize series.

His anthology, featuring fiction, poetry and essays, has earned national recognition and is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

[2] He has also edited and published many other books, including The Publish-It-Yourself Handbook (1973),[3] The Art of Literary Publishing (1980),[4] and Rotten Reviews (1986)[5] a look at negative reviews of now-classic literature, and Minutes of the Lead Pencil Club (1995)[6] Henderson received the 2005 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle[7] and the 2006 Poets & Writers/Barnes & Noble's "Writers for Writers.

[9] Henderson is the author of the novel The Kid That Could (1970); and the memoirs His Son (1980); Her Father (1995); Tower (2000);[10] Simple Gifts (2006); and All My Dogs: A Life (2011).

His daughter, Lily Frances Henderson, is a filmmaker and director based in Brooklyn, New York.