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

See also: List of Canadian writers