In the 1982 novel "Shoeless Joe," a farmer hears a voice telling him to build a baseball diamond in his corn fields. When he does, Shoeless Joe Jackson and other baseball players of yesteryear come to play. "His most famous book was the classic 'Shoeless Joe,' which inspired one of my favorite movies, 'Field of Dreams'." Kinsella brought back to life Moonlight Graham, who played one major league baseball game but never got to bat. Kinsella took writing courses at the University of Victoria in 1970, receiving his bachelor of arts in creative writing in 1974.

Source: New York Times September 17, 2016 02:32 UTC