J. J. Kopp is the pen name for the late James J. Kopp (1952-2010), former director of the Aubrey R. Watzek Library at Lewis & Clark College (Portland, OR) and author of Eden Within Eden: Oregon's Utopian Heritage .
Jane Kirkpatrick's popular Change and Cherish trilogy of novels and Aurora: An American Experience in Quilt, Community, and Craft are based on the Aurora Colony.