John Grisham

At one point in our conversation this week about his most recent novel, John Grisham said John Grisham 'd known that John Grisham wanted to write a young readers' novel and an adult novel set in baseball, but John Grisham hadn't known until John Grisham wrote Calico Joe that the two would end up being the same book.

Grisham

In addition to the baseball-themed 2012 novel, Calico Joe, Grisham has continued to craft highly successful thrillers, including The Racketeer, Sycamore Row, Gray Mountain, Rogue Lawyer, The Whistler and Camino Island (2017).

Bob Dylan who brought George the idea

Calico Joe was Bob Dylan who brought George the idea.

the story of Joe Castle, the 1973 boy wonder of American baseball-

Calico Joe is the story of Joe Castle, the 1973 boy wonder of American baseball-

Norman S. Hall

California Joe is a 1943 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Norman S. Hall.

a novel about the baseball prodigy, Joe Castle, who makes Joe Castle's stunning debut in the majors by shattering countless records in the summer of 1973

Calico Joe is a novel about the baseball prodigy, Joe Castle, who makes Joe Castle's stunning debut in the majors by shattering countless records in the summer of 1973.

Larry Brown

I read once that Larry Brown had written two entire novel manuscripts (which Larry Brown trashed) before Larry Brown wrote Joe.