Paul Kropp

  Timmy  9
Holy Spirit Catholic School
Stittsville,Ontario

Biography:

Paul Kropp was born on Febrary 22, 1948 in Buffalo, New York. The schools he went to were P.S. 81 and Hutchinson-Central Technical School. Once he graduated he went to Columbia University in New York. In 1970 he came to Canada and took a degree in English poetry. Later on he taught high school at Burlington, Hamilton and Oakville then left to begin writing full time.

Paul Kropp began writing in 1997 when he gave up poetry."I was a bad poet," he said, " but I discovered that I could write books for teenagers." Paul Kropp taught at a vocational secondary school in Hamilton. His students didn't enjoy the books available at the time so he wrote his first book ,Burn Out, to get his students interested in reading. Another one of his amazing books, War of the Eagles won 8 different awards!

Why he became a writer:

Paul Kropp chose to become a writer when he was only in grade six. He had written an article about his principal in the school newspaper and was called to explain himself later that week. From that he learned that "writing has power" and decided he should be a writer.

Types of books:

Paul Kropp writes young adult novels, short novels for children who dislike reading, humorous books to give people a laugh and some non-fiction books for parents.

Achievements/Awards:The awards Paul Kropp has been given are:

 The Ontario Arts Council and Canada grants
Ellen/Elenal/Luna short-listed for the City of Toronto Book Award,1993.

Sources:
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