W.P. Kinsella

W.P. Kinsella

William Patrick Kinsella (born May 25, 1935, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a noted novelist who mainly writes about Canada's First Nations and baseball. His most famous work is probably Shoeless Joe, upon which the movie Field of Dreams was based. Before becoming a professional author his jobs included scouting for the Atlanta Braves and being a professor of English at the University of Alberta.

Works:

Dance Me Outside - 1977
Scars - 1978
Born Indian - 1981
Shoeless Joe - 1982 (winner of the 1983 Books in Canada First Novel Award)
The Thrill of the Grass - 1984
The Alligator Report - 1985
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy - 1986
The Fence Post Chronicles - 1986 (winner of the 1987 Stephen Leacock Award)
Five Stories - 1985
Red Wolf, Red Wolf - 1987
The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt - 1988
The Miss Hobbema Pageant - 1989
Box Socials - 1991
The Dixon Conrbelt League and Other Baseball Stories - 1993
Brother Frank's Gospel Hour - 1994
The Winter Helen Dropped By - 1995
If Wishes Were Horses - 1996
Magic Time - 1998
The Secret of the Northern Lights - 1998
Japanese Baseball and Other Stories - 2000