Press Packet & Photos

“Joanna has special gifts that empower her to connect with people with captivating stories in a dynamic presentation style. ”

James Carlisle, II,

Short Bio

From fairies to ghosts to historical women, Storyteller Joanna Demarest will take you on an adventure as she spins tales old and new.  Joanna delights, enchants, touches, inspires, and motivates her audiences as she takes them on journeys to fascinating places, helping them to understand what has gone before, and seeing what the future may hold.

Joanna has been telling stories to children and adults for over 30 years.  It all started when after reading every book on her daughter’s bookshelf, multiple times, her daughter wanted something new, so Joanna started creating fresh stories of her own.  This passion for sharing her stories has been fueled by her nineteen moves within the US and overseas as well as her seven years traveling the country living full-time in her RV home on wheels.  Joanna specializes in Liar’s Tales, Historical, Traditional, Nature, and Southern Tales, Ghost Stories, Personal Narrative, her own unique Ladybug Stories^© and Storytelling Workshops.

Joanna is the Northwest Folklife Festival’s Storytelling Community Coordinator, an at-large board member of  the Seattle Storyteller’s Guild, a member of the National Storytelling Network, & NSN’s Special Interest Group – YES! The Youth, Educators and Storytellers Alliance.

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Awards and Recognition

1st Place – 2025 Liar’s Contest at the Northwest Folklife Festival

2^nd place – 2024 Liar’s Contest at the Florida Storytelling Festival

PDF of a Longer Bio

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