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I was lucky to get one good adaptation. Field of Dreams the Musical is lurking in the wings. Hope it will provide my daughters with a ton of money someday.

W. P. Kinsella

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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
Good
Musical
Daughter
Lurking
Fields
Adaptation
Dreams
Daughters
Lucky
Someday
Hope
Provide
Money
Wings
Dream
Field

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