A storyteller since childhood, Leslie Slape has a rubbery face, a wide range of vocal effects, a lot of energy and a wry sense of humor.
In addition to a large repertoire of traditional folklore, Leslie writes original tales and songs, accompanying herself on the autoharp.
She has been featured at Northwest Folklife in Seattle, the Forest Storytelling Festival in Port Angeles, Wash., the Multnomah Library Storytelling Festival in Portland, Ore., the Mount Hood Autumn Festival, and many other places.
She is the co-author (with Don Correll) of a play based on folklore and myth, "The Time-Traveler’s Story Guide to Planet Earth," which premiered May 20, 1998, at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washington. The play will be revived in spring 2009.
Her original story "The Tale-Teller" appears in "The Healing Heart ~ Families," a book of stories aimed at helping create healthy families, edited by David Albert and Allison Cox, published in 2003 by New Society Publishers.
She formerly hosted a weekly storytelling radio show on KEDO-1400 AM in Longview, Washington.
Leslie is equally at home in large and small venues, from festivals to the fireside.
She teaches classes in storytelling to all ages.
She is an active member of the Storytellers Network in Longview and the Portland Storytellers Guild.
When she’s not telling stories, she writes stories for the newspaper as the crime reporter for The Daily News in Longview.
She lives in Rainier, Oregon, with her husband, Max; their two children, Logan and Katerina; one cat and numerous cows.
