Q:Facts: - imagesize: 215px - period: contemporary - caption: after receiving the order of british columbia , 2005 - birth name: william patrick kinsella - citizenship: canada - subject: baseball , first nations - genre: sports fiction - education: ba , mfa - awards: order columbia of canada stephen leacock award order of british - birth date: 25 may 1935 - name: w.p. kinsella - ethnicity: irish canadian - nationality: canada - birth place: edmonton , alberta , canada - alma mater: university of victoria , university of iowa - occupation: author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of w. p. kinsella .
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william patrick kinsella , oc , obc -lrb- born may 25 , 1935 -rrb- is a canadian novelist and short story writer , known for his novel '' shoeless joe '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- , which was adapted into the movie '' field of dreams '' in 1989 .his work has often concerned baseball , first nations people , and other canadian issues .