KP Wee
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Biography
K.P. Wee (b. 1977) is an author for McFarland & Company, Riverdale Avenue Books, and Rowman & Littlefield.
He is also a former author for Cacoethes Publishing House and Bucks County Publishing (BCP). With Cacoethes, he published three psychological fiction/romance titles in 2008; these three novellas were later introduced as an anthology titled "Showing Their Scales: Three Tales of Lies, Lust, and Deception." In 2011, he wrote "Fess Up, Jessup!" which was published by BCP.
In 2009, Wee wrote "The Homecoming Pitcher", a novel about an aspiring baseball player from Fort McMurray, Alberta. In the same year, he published "Return of the Retired Tutor," which, like "Showing Their Scales," is a psychological fiction/romance piece.
Although Wee started out writing fiction (with a touch of romance), he has since been working on sports-related titles (since 2014). His biography on former baseball pitcher Tom Candiotti, titled "Tom Candiotti: A Life of Knuckleballs," was released by McFarland & Company in June of 2014.
The following year, he published "The End of the Montreal Jinx: Boston's Short-Lived Glory in the Historic Bruins-Canadiens Rivalry, 1988-1994."
His 30-year look-back on the 1988 World Series-winning Los Angeles Dodgers, "The 1988 Dodgers: Reliving the Championship Season," was released in August 2018 by Rowman & Littlefield.
In 2019, he published a biography about John Cangelosi, a former Major League Baseball outfielder, with Riverdale Avenue Books.
Fittingly, since he is an English instructor, he has published at least two reference books for ESL learners. In 2015, Wee wrote "150 Common Written & Spoken Errors Made by ESL Learners (with Suggested Corrections & Explanations): A Self-Study Guide for Students." He followed that up with "100 Additional Common Written & Spoken Errors Made by ESL Learners: A Self-Study Guide for Students" in 2016.
Wee is Asian-Canadian and lives in British Columbia. An English instructor since 2003, Wee did play-by-play for several games on the Internet for the local Vancouver Canadians baseball club between 2011 and 2012. In the fall of 2012, he joined midgetAAACanada.com to become a correspondent for the BC Midget Major League, a role he held until 2017. He made regular appearances as an in-studio guest on "Vancouver Canadians Game Day" on TSN1040, a Vancouver-based sports radio station, in 2018.
He can be reached at kp.wee.is@gmail.com. Twitter/Instagram: @kpwee1
Books
Romance/Psychological Fiction
- Showing Their Scales: Three Tales of Lies, Lust, and Deception—Cacoethes Publishing House, 2008
- Revenge of the Retired Tutor—2009
- Fess Up, Jessup!—Bucks County Publishing, 2011
General Fiction
Non-Fiction (Sports)
Before 2014:
- Oh So Close, Canada! Lamenting Some of the Missed Championships in Canadian Sports History
- No Runs, No Wins, No Glory: A Look Back at Tom Candiotti's Frustrating 1993 Season
- 1991: The Red Sox, Baseball, and Hockey Memories
- Baseball Pitchers: The Most Overrated and Underrated in the Last 20 Years, 1988-2007
Since 2014:
- Tom Candiotti: A Life of Knuckleballs—McFarland & Company, Inc. (2014)
- The End of the Montreal Jinx: Boston's Short-Lived Glory in the Historic Bruins-Canadiens Rivalry, 1988-1994 (2015)
- Don't Blame the Knuckleballer! Baseball Legends, Myths, and Stories (2015)
- Don't Blame the Knuckleballer II: More Baseball Legends, Myths, Stories, and Trivia (2017)
- The 1988 Dodgers: Reliving the Championship Season—Rowman & Littlefield (2018)
- John Cangelosi: The Improbable Baseball Journey of the Undersized Kid from Nowhere to World Series Champion—Riverdale Avenue Books (2019)
- The 1992-93 Montreal Canadiens (expected winter 2019)
Reference
Textbooks for foreign speakers/English language grammar:
- 150 Common Written & Spoken Errors Made by ESL Learners (with Suggested Corrections & Explanations): A Self-Study Guide for Students
- 100 Additional Common Written & Spoken Errors Made by ESL Learners: A Self-Study Guide for Students
Novellas
- Sweet Voice Of Innocence - 2008
- False Ex-Pectations - 2008
- Young Chasing Rainbow Trout - 2008
Accomplishments
Wee has written over 1,000 articles online for various websites such as Bleacher Report, The Press Box, MidgetAAACanada.com, and Quora, and his content has been read at least 3 million times.
"Sweet Voice of Innocence", "False Ex-Pectations", and "Young Chasing Rainbow Trout" were all rated four flames on the "heat index" on All Romance Ebooks.
In 2008, Wee was a runner-up to his publishing company's "Author of the Year" award (losing out to co-winners Sandra Krejewski and Shawn Rohrbach).
External Links
- K.P. Wee's website
- Showing Their Scales - Amazon.com
- K.P. Wee's Blog
- K.P. Wee's Books
- Information from Amazon and Lulu Press pages
Interviews
- Radio interview with Gabe Segura on Los Angeles AM 590 in September 2018
- Radio interview with broadcaster Rob Fai on Vancouver TSN Radio 1040 in August 2018
- Interview with freelance journalist Drew Farmer in 2018
- Interview on Decemeber 29, 2008 on BlogTalk Radio (following Dee S Knight's interview) with Cat Johnson (link was still working as of July 19, 2019)
- Interview with Review Carnival
