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Short Bio: Bil Lepp is five time champion of the West Virginia Liars Contest. He tells original, hilarious, tales that will bring a smile to the face of even the most ill-humored person at your event. Bil has been a Featured Teller at the National Storytelling Festival several times, and at The Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Bil is the author of three books of tales, four audio collections, and he has had stories published in several national magazines. Duke Divinity Magazine called Bil’s stories, "Awe inspiring cathedrals of flapdoddle and bull." Bil has been telling tales for over fifteen years. He tells original tall-tales written by himself and his brother. Bil has been a regular at the West Virginia Liars Contest since 1990. Publicity Photo: Click here Good Things Folks Have Said About Bil: Hoopla |
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Storytelling Resume Five time champion, WV Liars Contest Selected Festival Appearances: National Storytelling Festival, TN, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Smithsonian Folk Life Festival, Washington, DC, 2003 Winter Tales, Oklahoma City, 2005 Saddle Up Cowboy Poetry Fest, Pigeon Forge, TN, 2005 Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts Storytelling Festival, IL 2005 Ocala Storytelling Festival, FL, 2005, 2007 Louisiana Library Tour, LA, 2005, 2007 North Carolina Storytelling Festival, 2005 St. Louis Storytelling Festival, 2005 Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival, McCook NE, 2005 Storytelling Cruise, Mexico, Belize, 2005 Three Rivers Storytelling Festival, Pittsburgh, PA 2005 Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival, 2004, 2005, 2007 Frisco Storytelling Festival, Frisco, TX, 2005, 2006 Indian Summer Storytelling Festival, UT, 2004, 2005 Hoosier Storytelling Festival, IN, 2005 Arkansas Storytelling Festival, Degray Restort, AR, 2005 Mesa Storytelling Festival, AZ, 2003, 2005 Tapestry of Tales, Portland, OR, 2005 Florida Story Camp, 2004 Stories by Sea, Malibu, CA, 2004 Ojai Storytelling Festival, CA, 2004 Smithsonian to the Mountains Tour, 2004 Smokey River Festival, KS, 2004 LAUGHS Fest, VA, 2004 Storytelling Festival by the Sea, CA 2004 Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, UT, 2001, 2003, 2006 Cave Run Storytelling Festival, KY, 2001, 2003, 2006 Virginia Storyteller’s Assoc. Festival, VA, 2003 Winterfest, TN, 2003 Michigan Storytelling Festival, MI, 2003 Kansas Storytelling Festival, KS, 2003 Bristol Storytelling Festival, IN, 2003 Mansfield Univ. Storytelling Evening, PA, 2003 Bay Area Storytelling Festival, CA, 2003 Once Upon a Story Festival, CA 2003 Riverbend Storytelling Festival, WI, 2001 Washington Storyteller’s Theater, DC, 2001, 2003 Four Corners Storytelling Festival, NM, 2001, 2004 George West Storytelling Festival, TX, 2001, 2002 Stone Soup Storytelling Festival, SC 2001 Athens Storytelling Festival, OH, 2000, 2001 WV Storytelling Festival, WV, 1996-2000
Storytelling Workshops National Storytelling Conference, RI West Virginia Wesleyan College, WV Univ. Of Richmond, VA Univ. Of San Diego, CA Timpanogos Storytelling Festival Washington Storyteller’s Theater And approximately forty elementary, middle, junior, and high schools across the country Publications Books: The Armadillo Recon Unit, by Bil Lepp: Quarrier Press, Charleston, WV. 2004. Inept: Impaired: Overwhelmed, by Bil Lepp: Quarrier Press, Charleston, WV. 2002. The Monster Stick and Other Appalachian Tall-Tales, by Paul and Bil Lepp: August House Publishers, Little Rock, AR. 1999. Audio:
Buck Meets the Monster Stick, stories by Bil and Paul Lepp: August House Publishers, Little Rock, AR. 2001.
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