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[I had ] uneventful, though isolated childhood. Good, kind, stable parents.
W. P. Kinsella
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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
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Scrabble Player
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Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
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If you build it, he will come.
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Found a good voice and took advantage of it. Each of my specialties was like a prospector discovering a vein of gold. I worked each until the vein was exhausted.
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I don't have time to read nonfiction.
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My main income came from failed movie and TV options.
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