Writer, historian, ferroequinologist, numismatist, polymath. These and other fancy words can all be applied to Kalpar with varying degrees of accuracy.

Kalpar is the pen-name of B.A. Klapper, a born and raised Cincinnatian who lives there to this day with their loving and supportive spouse. Kalpar graduated from Xavier University with a bachelor's in History and worked for a few years as a historical interpreter before moving to other careers. They occasionally keep their hand in by giving presentations at various steampunk conventions about historical subjects, but their obvious favorite is anything relating to the history of trains.

Like most creative people, Kalpar spent significants parts of their childhood and adolescence making up stories in their head or trying to write them down. In the 2020s Kalpar was finally in a position to self-publish their work and share their stories with the writer world. If you've enjoyed their books, please leave a review on GoodReads and Amazon!

Kalpar is a Non-binary individual who uses They/Them pronouns.

Kalpar can be contacted via email at kalpar@thekalpar.com