Lloyd Kropp

Lloyd Kropp
Born
Lloyd Edward Kropp

Died(2023-07-27)July 27, 2023
Edwardsville, IL
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • educator
  • composer
  • musician
Notable worksOne Hundred Times to China, Greencastle

Lloyd Edward Kropp (July 16, 1937 – July 27, 2023) was an American novelist, composer, and educator. Kropp achieved popular acclaim after the publication of his third and fourth novels One Hundred Times to China and Greencastle. Greencastle was nominated for a Penn/Faulkner Award and was named to one of the American Library Association's "Best Books of the Year" lists in 1985. For this novel the author received the "Illinois Author of the Year" award from the Illinois Association of Teachers of English (IATE). His books have been favorably reviewed in many journals and newspapers in the United States, Great Britain, and Spain.