Binnie Tate Wilkin is an award-winning professional storyteller, writer, and consultant. In October 2019, she was inducted into the California Library Association’s LIBRARIAN HALL OF FAME. During her multifaceted career, she has lectured and taught storytelling at Schools of Library and Information Science in various parts of the nation including Columbia University. Her publications include African American Librarians in the Far West, Pioneers and Trailblazers; African and African American Images in Newbery Award Titles, and A Life in Storytelling.