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2009 West Virginia Book Festival

Speaker Biographies

portrait: Paige Tighe

Paige Tighe

Paige Tighe, of Open Hand Storytelling, is a teller of tales spanning cultures and generations-from folk tales and the ancient stories of her faith to the family stories of her father and grandmother. Paige's poetry, articles and columns have appeared in magazines, newspapers and other publications across the country. A contributing author of The Storytelling Classroom (2006), Paige is currently preparing a poetry chapbook for publication, working on a children's novel, and with her husband of eighteen years, raising the youngest four of their six wild and woolly children at Open Hand Farm in Paw Paw, West Virginia.

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