Janice M. Del Negro is a storyteller, author, and educator. She has been a featured speaker, storyteller, and workshop leader at the National Storytelling Conference, The Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and festivals across the country including the Mariposa and Tejas Storytelling Festivals. Her book, Folktales Aloud: Practical Tips for Playful Storytelling was awarded a Storytelling World Resource Award in 2015. Her subsequent title, Engaging Teens with Story: How to Inspire and Educate Youth with Storytelling (2017) received a Storytelling World Resource Award and was named SLC/ARBA’s “Best Professional Resource for School or Youth Librarians.” Her most recent publication is the fifth edition of the classic storytelling text, Storytelling Art & Technique (ABC/CLIO, 2021) which received the 2022 Storytelling World Resource Award. A coach and workshop leader, she is also the host of storytelling.org/ISI’s monthly virtual open mic, Traditions and Truth, and along with Megan Wells produces MoonShine Stories, an online storytelling event held each month on the full moon. Del Negro is a professor at the School of Information Studies at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. She is a recipient of the NSN ORACLE Circle of Excellence and Lifetime Achievement Awards.