Peninnah Schram, internationally known storyteller, teacher, author, and recording artist is Professor Emerita of Speech and Drama at Stern College of Yeshiva University. She travels across the US and other countries presenting storytelling programs and workshops for all ages, and scholar/storyteller-in residence weekends. Peninnah is the author of 14 books of Jewish folktales, including Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another, Stories within Stories: Jewish Oral Tradition. Her illustrated book, The Apple Tree’s Discovery, is co-authored with Rachayl Eckstein Davis. Her latest anthology is Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage: Folktales, Legends and Letters, (co-authored with Sandy Eisenberg Sasso), was published in 2015. She has also recorded a CD, The Minstrel and the Storyteller, with singer/guitarist Gerard Edery. A biography of Peninnah Schram was published on November 2021. The title of her biography is: Peninnah’s World: A Jewish Life in Stories, authored by Caren Neile, and published by Hamilton Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield. This bio explores Peninnah’s life transitions leading to her becoming a storyteller and helping to revive the Jewish storytelling tradition. Peninnah’s story and essay appear in the anthology, Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning,that was published in her honor. Speaking about the power and role of storytelling, Peninnah says: “Since storytelling is a dialogue, shared stories create more understanding; bring people closer together as a community; and serve as a string that binds one heart to another.” Peninnah is a recipient of the prestigious Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator (1995) awarded by The Covenant Foundation. In 1999 she received The Circle of Excellence Award from the National Storytelling Network for "a body of work which is nationally recognized as a shining example of quality in the art form of storytelling performance." Peninnah has also been awarded the National Storytellers Network 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award "For sustained and exemplary contributions to storytelling in America" and the NSN’s 2017 Talking Leaves Award for her folktale books and essays on the Jewish oral tradition.