Ken Snyder is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has been an advertising copywriter and creative director, political campaign strategist, and marketing director for a French conglomerate. For the past twenty years, he has been a "turf writer," covering thoroughbred horse racing. Currently, he is a regular contributor to a British magazine, Gallop; a website, Thoroughbred Racing Commentary; and Trainer Magazine. He is the author of Forty Days: On the Mountaintop, Halfway Up, and From Behind the Golden Calf.