John Kropf

This is John Kropf's first collection of poetry. He is the author two previous books, Color Capital of the World: Growing Up with the Legacy of a Crayon Company, the story of his family's crayon company in Sandusky, Ohio and winner of Bowling Green State University's 2023 Local History Award, and Unknown Sands: Travels in the World's Most Isolated Country. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Middle West Review, and elsewhere. He is a member of the Society of Midland...See more

This is John Kropf's first collection of poetry. He is the author two previous books, Color Capital of the World: Growing Up with the Legacy of a Crayon Company, the story of his family's crayon company in Sandusky, Ohio and winner of Bowling Green State University's 2023 Local History Award, and Unknown Sands: Travels in the World's Most Isolated Country. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Middle West Review, and elsewhere. He is a member of the Society of Midland Authors.John is a graduate of Denison University with a major in philosophy and earned a law degree and master's degree in public and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh. He was born and raised in Erie County, Ohio and now works in the Washington, DC, area where he lives with his wife Eileen, and daughter Charlotte. See less