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