W(illiam) P(atrick) Kinsella (1932- )

• born in Edmonton, Alberta
• educated at the University of Victoria and the University of Iowa, Iowa Writer's Workshop
• professor at the University of Calgary

• Novels:
  • Shoeless Joe (1982) made into the movie "Field of Dreams" (1989)
  • The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (1986)
  • The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt (1988)
• Short-Story collections:
  • Dance Me Outside (1977) made into a movie in (1994)
  • Scars (1978)
  • Born Indian (1981)
  • The Mocassin Telegraph (1983)
• filmography

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