Canadian author best known for writing
Shoeless Joe, the novel upon which "
Field Of Dreams" was based. Also had a book of short stories,
Dance Me Outside, made into a movie of the same name. Has written over 15 novels and countless short stories, mostly about
baseball and
Native Americans. Occasionally compared to
Richard Brautigan, but is generally less
smug and more
wondrous. Anyone with any interest in baseball and a touch of
surrealism should read
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy.
Partial Bibliography:
Dance Me Outside
Scars
Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes To Iowa
Born Indian
The Moccasin Telegraph
The Thrill of the Grass
Shoeless Joe
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy
The Alligator Report
The Fencepost Chronicles
Red Wolf, Red Wolf
The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt
The Miss Hobbema Pageant
Box Socials
Brother Frank's Gospel Hour
The Dixon Cornbelt League
The Winter Helen Dropped By
If Wishes Were Horses
Editors Note: Kinsella, who had suffered from diabetes for decades, elected to die with a physician's assistance on September 16, 2016. He was 81 years old.