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His most famous work is probably Shoeless Joe, upon which the movie Field of Dreams was based. A short story by Kinsella, "Lieberman in Love," was the basis for a short film that won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film -- the Oscar win came as a surprise to Kinsella, who, watching the award telecast from home, had no idea the film had been made and released. He had not been listed in the film's credits, and was not acknowledged by Christine Lahti in her acceptance speech -- a full page advertisement was later placed in Variety apologizing to Kinsella for the error. Kinsella's short stories about life on a First Nations reserve were the basis for the CBC television series, The Rez.

Before becoming a professional author, his jobs included scouting for the Atlanta Braves and being a professor of English at the University of AlbertaThe University of Alberta is situated along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River in the heart of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. University of Alberta Motto: Quaecumque Vera ( Latin: "Whatsoever things are true" Founded 1908 School Type P. Kinsella now claims to have retired from writing, and is a noted tournament ScrabbleWooden Scrabble tiles. Scrabble is a word board game in which players use 100 tiles with printed letters to form words on a 15 x 15 grid with certain "premium" squares to accumulate points. The words are formed across and down in a crossword fashion. player.

In 1993 he was made an Officer of the Order of CanadaThe Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Order's motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam meaning "they desire a better country. The Order was created on July 1, 1967, on the country's 100th anniversary, to re.

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• Dance Me Outside - 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar
• Scars - 1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet.
• Born Indian - 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D
• Shoeless Joe - 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du (winner of the 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu 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