‘Shoeless Joe’ Author William Patrick Kinsella Dies At 81

Canadian author W.P. Kinsella standing on the baseball field before game five of the 1992 World Series between Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves in Toronto, Ontario.
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William Patrick Kinsella, the Canadian author whose award-winning book Shoeless Joe was adapted into the beloved film Field of Dreams, had died at the age of 81.
His literary agent Carolyn Swayze issued a statement Friday confirming his death, calling him “a unique, creative and outrageously opinionated man