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.

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His writing has appeared in The Baltimore Sun, Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Washington Post, Middle West Review, and elsewhere.

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He is enthusiastic about preserving the stories and history of the Midwest through speaking, teaching, and writing. Kropf is a member of the Society of Midland Authors. Born and raised in Erie County, Ohio, he now lives in the Washington, DC, area.

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To schedule and event or book talk, contact John at whitworthkropf@gmail.com

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John enjoyed a career as an attorney and Chief Privacy Officer for a Fortune 500 company and  in the federal government in legal and policy roles. ​He currently teaches at the George Washington University Law School as an adjunct professor. He is also the Principal at Whitworth-Kropf Consulting, LLC.

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He is currently at work on his next book about his paternal grandfather's service in WWI as a US Army balloon pilot-observer.

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