Heller was born on May 1, 1923 in Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, the son of poor Jewish parents, Lena and Isaac Donald Heller, from Russia. Even as a child, he loved to write; as a teenager, he wrote a story about the Russian invasion of Finland<unk> Even as a child, he loved to write; as a teenager, he wrote a story about the Russian invasion of Finland<unk>
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