Storyteller, Humorist, Voice Over Artist,
Keynote Speaker, TV Host
"Just as New Jersey has Bruce Springsteen, West Virginia has Bil Lepp" Goldenseal Magazine
Voice Over Sanguinity
I have been a professional storyteller for over thirty years, and I was the host of Man vs History on The History Channel.
I have written and recorded over twenty-five comedy/storytelling albums that have won numerous awards.
I have been a Featured Teller at The National Storytelling Festival since 2002, as well as at hundreds of other events and venues across the county.
I have done voice over work for my television show, and for a few limited commercials and events locally.
I say words out loud for a living. I would like to give Voice Over a try.
I am a PEN Award winning author, which I understand means nothing if you want to hear my voice, but I can tell the story out loud.
Me Talking Out Loud
HOOPLA, ACCOLADES, & PUBLICATIONS
NICE THINGS RESPECTABLE PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT BIL'S TALKING ABILITIES
“You got good stuff out there, kid.” -Peter Marshall, creator and host of Hollywood Squares
“…endearing and satisfying…”-The Wall Street Journal
“Lepp is a side-splittingly funny man.” -Smithsonian Folklife Center
“He’s absolutely hilarious” -Barbara Smith Decker, National Parenting Awards
“Lepp is a well known liar…[his stories] make you laugh” -Jill Jordan Sieder, U.S. News
“…Lepp’s tales will tickle the funny bone…” “…the humor is sophisticated…” “…the laugh out-loud stories are lively…” -School Library Journal
“He won the [WV Liars’] contest and has been honing his lying skills ever since.”-John Roach, National Geographic News
“Bil Lepp is the Wonder Bra of storytelling. He takes something small and insignificant and pushes it up into something realllly BIG and miiiighty interesting!” -Barbara McBride Smith
And, in case you missed it in the header:
"Just as New Jersey has Bruce Springsteen, West Virginia has Bil Lepp" Goldenseal Magazine
AUDIO COLLECTIONS (mostly) WRITTEN AND ENTIRELY PREFORMED BY BIL
Wrong Lessons
Bil’s 14 Album USB
Yosemite Falls
Bil’s Tin Box Set USB
Book Report
Skeeter & Bil Break the Ocean
That Was Our Job- A True Account of WWII
Raised on Hose Water
Fortune Turkey Tunaball
Bottle Rockets
Wally! Come Down Right Now!
Adverse Conditions
Egg Babies
It’s With Me All the Time- A True Account of WWII
Diablo or How I Met My Wife
Vampire Santa
The King of Little Things
Fire! Fire! Pants on Liar!
Punching the Lard
The Great Rope Swing Misadventure
The Divine Bovine
The Teacher in the Patriotic Bathing Suit
Mayhem Dressed as an Eight Point Buck
Buck Meets the Monster Stick
AWARDS FOR BIL'S TALKING AND WRITING
Vandalia Award- West Virginia’s highest folk arts award
Five Time Champion – WV Liars Contest
Parents’ Choice Silver Award- Raised on Hosewater, CD
CityBeat Critic’s Pick- Cincy Fringe Festival
Parents’ Choice Silver Award- Bottle Rockets, CD
Parents’ Choice Gold Award- Wally! Come Down Right Now! CD
Anne Izzard Storyteller’s Choice Award- The King of Little Things, Picture Book
Storytelling World Award- Egg Babies, CD
PEN Steven Kroll Award for Picture Book Writing - The King of Little Things, Picture Book
Korea Institute of Child Education and Culture Chief Book Selected- The King of Little Things
Zena Sutherland Award for Children’s Literature- The King of Little Things, Picture Book
National Book Festival- The King of Little Things selected by WV Library Comm. to represent all books by WV authors
Irma Black Award Honoree- The King of Little Things, Picture Book
Delaware Diamonds Award Nominee- The King of Little Things, Picture Book
Kansas Reading Assoc. Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award Finalist- The King of Little Things
Parents’ Choice Gold Award - The King of Little Things, Picture Book
Kirkus Starred Review -The King of Little Things, Picture Book
2002-2024 Featured Performer at the National Storytelling Festival
Parents’ Choice Silver Award – Egg Babies, CD
Number 1 Best Seller in its category on Amazon/Kindle - Muddling Through, parenting book
Comedy Central Stage at the Hudson
Storytelling World Award- Vampire Santa, CD
National Storytelling Network Circle of Excellence Award
Parents’ Choice Silver Award – Vampire Santa, CD
Parents’ Choice Approved Award Winner – King of Little Things, CD
NAPPA Honors Award- Mayhem Dressed Like an Eight Point Buck, CD
Storytelling World Award Honors – Teacher & The Divine Bovine, CDs
Parents’ Choice Approved Award Winner – Teacher in the Patriotic Bathing Suit, CD
Featured Storyteller at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Storytelling World Award – The Monster Stick, Book
PLA/ALLS Best New Books for New Adult Readers – The Monster Stick, Book
First Place- National Storytelling Contest
FINALLY, BOOKS BIL HAS WRITTEN BUT HAS NOT NECESSARILY SAID OUT LOUD
Nothing so Pretentious as the Collected Works of Bil Lepp
That Ain’t the Whole Plan
The Princess and the Pickup Truck
King of Little Things
Muddling Through-Perspectives in Parenting
Halfdollar
Armadillo Recon Unit
Inept: Impaired: Overwhelmed
The Monster Stick