We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Gregory Kopp. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Gregory below.

Gregory, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Are you able to earn a full-time living from your creative work? If so, can you walk us through your journey and how you made it happen?

My creative journey began during the dot com explosion and the widespread adoption of the world wide web and internet. My company created, copyrighted, and marketed a Human Resources Management Software system to clients worldwide. Due to our success, I was recruited by one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies. I consulted with senior bank management and coordinated the implementation of corporate strategic initiatives. As a result, I was invited to join a multinational management consulting firm to lead financial forecasting and planning transformation initiatives. As a result of my successful consulting efforts, I was asked to perform social media recruiting for the world’s premier entertainment company based in Los Angeles. My successful recruiting efforts has resulted in over 200k impressions and 1,700 talent submissions.

Stepping back from my full-time consulting role, I am now focused on the writing and publication of my exciting “Kopp Chronicles” historical fiction and romance series of novels. This sweeping saga details how my immigrant American family escaped from the chaos of European revolutions in the 1800’s only to confront the turbulence and upheavals in our adopted country.

During the course of my writing the series I have added a dashing British detective and a beautiful French spy who become entangled in royal palace intrigue alongside the many historical figures in my romantic and action-packed thrilling series. The “Kopp Chronicles” series of novels are now available in 5 different languages in major worldwide bookstore including Amazon, Apple Books/Audio, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Foyles, Hudson, Books-A-Million, and many independent bookshops worldwide including Los Angeles’ own “The Last Bookstore”.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

The dot com crash and the Great Recession were a difficult economic environment for my company’s software and consulting business, but with hard work and determination, we were able to thrive and succeed. Consequently, as I began to research and write my historical fiction and romance novels, I discovered these same types of struggles have historical parallels and I was determined to share them with my readers. Intermingled with romance, mystery, and action-packed thrilling elements, my novels mirror today’s cultural wars, social, and political climates and ultimately celebrate the triumph of the human spirit over all of life’s challenges!

In addition, author-oriented websites, including BookLife, a subsidiary of Publishers Weekly, help me market my novels to a worldwide audience. The BookLife website is an excellent resource for all levels of authors, which for me resulted in the following contacts: the Rightscenter’s Film Rights Directory (FRD) and Ingram Content Group’s MediaScout and DataSource platforms. These platforms provide my historical fiction and romance novels exposure to entertainment industry professionals for the next stage of my creative journey – adapting my novels into movie and television series productions.

Where do you think you get most of your clients from?

I am especially proud that the State of California public library systems and other worldwide libraries including in New York City; London, UK; Hong Kong, China; Dublin, Ireland; Ontario, British Columbia, Canada, Germany; Australia and more added the “Kopp Chronicles” or my Spanish version of “Crónicas de Kopp” historical fiction and romance novels to their collections for their patrons to enjoy. Library patrons can now request the novels in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, Sacramento, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, and many more libraries through a variety of digital platforms. These platforms include Overdrive/Libby, Hoopla Digital, Axis 360, Odilo, and Bibliotheca Cloud Library. The “Kopp Chronicles” or Spanish version “Crónicas de Kopp” series of novels can also be requested in paperback by public library patrons worldwide through World Cat, a global catalog from over 28,000 libraries worldwide.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

An exciting and joyful result of my writing is the recognition I receive from my readers, other authors, and publishing entities via reviews, social media and award programs. My novels have received glowing reviews in “Publishers Weekly”, an international news website for book publishing, and in Readers’ Favorite, the fastest growing book review and award contest site on the Internet, respected by publishers Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins.

The “Kopp Chronicles” historical fiction and romance novels have also been nominated for “Reader’s Choice Awards”, and recognized for “Book Cover of the Month” multiple times. Additionally, worldwide reader-focused websites spotlight or feature my novels as their “Book of the Day” quite often. And I am proud to be an Amazon & Goodreads 5-Star Author!

I am also especially proud my latest novel “The Glamorous Nineties” has been warmly received and has also received 5-star reviews as it explores a world of unbridled wealth, that explodes into financial turmoil, transforming an era that still resonates today!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.kopp-company.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grkopp58
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorGregoryKopp
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorykopp1
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/kopp_co
• Other: Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-Kopp/author/B01LVWZJD7

  Goodreads Author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15672417.Gregory_Kopp