Who is Lyn Ford?

• A fourth-generation, nationally recognized, Affrilachian* storyteller.
• A teaching artist and workshop facilitator with the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education.
• A Thurber House mentor.
• A writer, published in storytelling magazines and newsletters, as well as teachers' enrichment books and story anthologies, editorial collaborations (in 2018, look for: Boo-Tickle Tales and Storytelling Strategies for Reaching and Teaching Children with Special Needs; in fall of 2019, look for: Speak Peace: Words of Wisdom, Work and Wonder, works of heart with friend and fellow storyteller Sherry Norfolk), and her own books.
• A recording artist with award-winning CDs.
• A Laughter Yoga Teacher and breath mechanic. Go to my page, Laughter, Breath, Joy!, for more information!
• A storytelling, creative-writing workshop, and interactive keynote presenter.
• A happy partner-in-life, mama, grandmama, great-grandmama, and good cook!

• Folktale adaptations, spooky tales, and original stories rooted in Lyn's family's multicultural Afrilachian storytelling traditions.
• Stories and storytelling programs, often enriched with call and response, choral response, rhythm and rhyme, humor and heart.
• Lyn's tribute to her favorite storyteller, her father, Edward M. Cooper, who was the best storyteller Lyn ever heard, and the worst cook in the family (with a few exceptions, like barbecue, dandelion greens, and home-fried potatoes!).

Recent quote about Lyn's work, posted at the OAAE Website:

"Lyn Ford's program connected directly to our Native American Heritage Night and to our mission to share great storytelling with children and adults in the community. Her storytelling was phenomenal. I supervised the program and was enthralled by her stories and I noticed that all the children and adults present loved it too. She was a wonderful programmer in all ways and really helped enhance our program!" - central Ohio library

or through

The Ohio Alliance for Arts Education

http://www.oaae.net/ and

http://oaae.net/index.php/en/community-arts-education/artists-in-schools/ais-directory?artist=41