J N Kelly

Joe Niese (aka J.N. Kelly) is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and has written and lectured extensively about America's Pastime. He has authored two adult biographies on baseball players, Burleigh Grimes: Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer (McFarland Press) and Handy Andy: The Andy Pafko Story (Chippewa River Press). Handy Andy took a bronze in Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award (Sports- Adult Non-Fiction). Kelly was named 2015 Media Person of the Year by...See more

Joe Niese (aka J.N. Kelly) is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and has written and lectured extensively about America's Pastime. He has authored two adult biographies on baseball players, Burleigh Grimes: Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer (McFarland Press) and Handy Andy: The Andy Pafko Story (Chippewa River Press). Handy Andy took a bronze in Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award (Sports- Adult Non-Fiction). Kelly was named 2015 Media Person of the Year by the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association. He is a library director in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. See less