John Kropf

John Kropf is the author of three books. His most recent is A Midwestern Heart: Poems (Bottom Dog Press, 2024). Color Capital of the World: Growing Up with the Legacy of a Crayon Factory (University of Akron Press, 2022) was winner of Bowling Green State University’s 2023 prize for Local History. Kropf’s first book, Unknown Sands: Travels in the World’s Most Isolated Country (Dusty Spark, 2006), was praised as a fascinating narrative bound to hook adventurers. His writing has appeared in The Baltimore Sun, Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Washington Post, Middle West Review, and elsewhere. He is enthusiastic about preserving the stories and history of the Midwest through speaking, teaching, and writing. Kropf was born in Sandusky and raised in Erie County, Ohio. He works as an attorney in the
Washington, DC, area.