Syd Lieberman
Syd Lieberman is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, author and an award-winning
teacher. Many of his best-loved stories deal with growing up and raising a
family in Chicago. He also is well known for his original historical pieces. Lieberman has
received commissions to write and perform stories for NASA; the Smithsonian
Institution; Johnstown, Pa.; Historic Philadelphia; and the Van Andel Museum
Center. He has taught storytelling at the Kennedy Center and Disney World. His
recordings have garnered awards from ALA, Parent's Choice and
Storytelling World; and the work he produced during his career as a
storyteller led the National Storytelling Network to induct him into their
Circle of Excellence.
Lieberman attended Harvard College and chose to continue at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on a whim. Its one-year MAT program allowed him to stay in Cambridge until Adrienne, now his wife, graduated from Radcliffe. That led to a long and happy marriage and a career as a high school English teacher. Chicago's Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching awarded him the prestigious Golden Apple Award for his work in the classroom. Syd and Adrienne have two grown children and live in Evanston, Ill., with their overfed cat, Chester.