Nathalie Costa Thill has been the Executive Director of the Adirondack Center for Writing for over a quarter-century, serving the entire six-million-acre Adirondack Park with innovative programs in the Literary Arts. She launched ACW’s most beloved programs including its high school writing retreat, prison writing program, Howl Story Slam series, Raining Poetry and Poem Village programs, the Kickass Writers Festival, and the Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency. She has partnered with both arts and non-arts organizations, forming partnerships with institutions as varied as public radio stations, prisons, nature centers, and the state police. As a storyteller, Nathalie has performed on stages all over the Adirondacks’ region for over ten years. Nathalie has told over thirty stories, all of them mostly true.