Kevin Guilfoile (born July 16, 1968) is an American novelist, essayist and humorist.
Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, Kevin Guilfoile was raised in Cooperstown, New York, where his father, Bill Guilfoile, was Associate Director and Director of Public Relations at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Guilfoile graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1990, and worked briefly in media relations for the Houston Astros baseball club.
It was named one of the Best Books of 2005 by the Chicago Tribune and Kansas City Star, and has been translated into more than 15 languages.
His most recent book is titled A Drive into the Gap, published by Field Notes Brand in 2012, in which he offers an intimate, entertaining and poignant chronicle of his love for his father and their mutual love of baseball, family and all that is important in this life.