John T. Sabol

John Sabol is a Cleveland, Ohio, area author and lecturer on local history and genealogical research.

He has written four books for Arcadia Publishing that chronicle the histories of Cleveland Czechs, Cleveland Slovaks, Cleveland's Buckeye Neighborhood, and most recently, Kelleys Island.

A Cleveland native and graduate of Benedictine High School and Cleveland State University, John worked as a reporter and editor at the Cleveland Press until it closed in 1982. He also spent more than 20 years at Ernst & Young, where he was a senior editor in the firm's communications group.

In 2008 he retired and began his career as an author of local histories. He has also organized and catalogued the historic archives of Ernst & Young, which now reside at the Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University.

John and his wife Jeanne have a summer home on Kelleys Island, the topic of his fourth book. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International.