Eileen Budd (IG: @eileenbudd) is a Scottish author, artist and storyteller with TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) Scottish Book Trust and BBC Stories in Scots.  Raised in Perthshire in a family with a strong tradition of maintaining oral storytelling practices, Budd specialises in traditional Scottish folklore, folk objects, folk beliefs, origin stories and ancient Scottish legends.  Budd is an archivist for her village’s community archive; orchardist for her village’s community orchard and runs the community’s Ceilidh House supporting local events and artists.

Before devoting her life to sharing stories, she spent over 20 years working with national museums, including National Museums Scotland and V&A London. 

Compelled to maintain her family’s storytelling tradition and use all she’s learned from working in museums, she now travels all over Scotland sharing the stories via her Travelling Folk Museum, using song, illustration and historic object handling to help bring Scottish tales from history and folklore to life for audiences of all ages.