Bil Lepp

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 and The Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Bil is the author of three books of tales, two 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 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.

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Storytelling Resume

Five time champion, WV Liars Contest

Selected Festival Appearances :

  • National Storytelling Festival, TN, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

  • Smithsonian Folk Life Festival, Washington, DC, 2003

  • Indian Summer Storytelling Festival, UT, 2004

  • 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

  • Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival, 2004

  • Storytelling Festival by the Sea, CA 2004

  • Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, UT, 2001, 2003

  • Cave Run Storytelling Festival, KY, 2001, 2003

  • 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

  • Mesa Storytelling Festival, AZ, 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:

  • Mayhem Dressed as an Eight Point Buck, stories by Bil Lepp: Quarrier Press, Charleston, WV. 2003.

  • Buck Meets the Monster Stick, stories by Bil and Paul Lepp: August House Publishers, Little Rock, AR. 2001.

 

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