Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: April 22, 1993
• Invested on: February 16, 1994

He has attained international stature as an author of stories about people who pursue their dreams, despite the failures and foibles they must struggle to overcome. His ability to articulate these dreams made his first novel, Shoeless Joe, a great success in book form and as a movie, Field of Dreams. Reference to its theme of faith and hope - "if you build it, he will come" - are now part of North American culture.