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A lifelong sports fan, Joe Niese is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the Professional Football Researchers Association. He has written numerous articles and has authored four sports biographies: Burleigh Grimes: Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer (McFarland), Handy Andy: The Andy Pafko Story (Chippewa River Press), Gus Dorais: Gridiron Innovator, All-American and Hall of Fame Coach (McFarland), and Zack Wheat: The Life of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer (McFarland). In 2015, Handy Andy won a bronze prize in Foreword Review's Book of the Year Award (Sports). That same year Joe received the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association State Media Award. Zack Wheat won SABR's 2021 Ron Gabriel Award and was on the shortlist of finalists for their Larry Ritter Award.

Joe has also written two novels for young readers, under the pen name, J.N. Kelly: Gridiron Grit (Jolly Fish Press) and Fields Apart (Rowe Publishing).

Joe lives in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin with his wife and three children, where he works as the Library Director of the Chippewa Falls Public Library.

Joe Niese is available for book lectures, signings, and interviews: info@joeniese.com