Alice McGill, storyteller, author, keynote speaker, and actress has been a featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN. The Wolf Trap Foundation commissioned McGill to travel to St. John Island in order to find and write an original story, Bomba Circle, for its Face of America Series. Also a featured teller for the National Geographic Presents: Stories of North America video, McGill has continued to seek many approaches to the spoken word.

She has traveled to tell and collect stories in 41 states, Canada, other islands of the West Indies, and South Africa.

Currently, an award winning author of four books—Molly Bannaky; Miles’ Song; In the Hollow Of Your Hand; Here We Go Round, all published by Houghton Mifflin Company, McGill continues to write for children and young adults.

Alice McGill has received many awards for her authentic one-woman performance: Sojourner Truth Speaks. She was awarded the First Day of Issue of the Sojourner Truth postage stamp. As a keynote speaker on various subjects McGill has worked for numerous venues including libraries associations, literacy programs, book festivals, corporations, and colleges and universities

A native of North Carolina and current resident of Columbia, MD, McGill holds a Master’s Degree in Education and taught school for many years. Using print, film, and radio, she preserves the spirit of American History.

In addition to her award-winning books, McGill is the recipient of many other awards—notably, Presidential Citation from the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education First Day of Issue Sojourner Truth Commemorative Postage Stamp