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The voice of the narrator is the Muse of audiobooks. The audio experience is controlled by what we hear. And what we hear is more than just words. We hear the rhythm and the rhyme, the tone and the tension of the voice behind the microphone. The narrators, are our personal storytellers. They make our experience memorable, inspiring, or absorbing. The voice is the vehicle that brings the words into our minds’ imagination.
The best narrators have a masterful sense of pacing, knowing when to create a subtle, introspective atmosphere and when to be relentless.
This page showcases some of the best narrators for their exceptional audiobook work. We want you to know these voices.
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Alyssa Bresnahan
Alyssa Bresnahan is a young actress who always makes time for audiobooks in her acting life. Whether the work is contemporary fiction or young adult literature, Alyssa Bresnahan's performances sing with a vibrancy reflecting her keen understanding of the text. For the seven years she has been working in audiobooks, she has delivered some difficult works, like Carol Shields's Pulitzer Prize-winning THE STONE DIARIES, with consummate skill.
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Barbara Rosenblat
Barbara Rosenblat's career includes work on two continents. She spent many years in England, working in West End theater, television, film and BBC Radio. On her return to the States, she began an alliance with Recorded Books after being introduced to narrating audiobooks at the American Foundation for the Blind. She spent nearly two years on Broadway, where she created the role of Mrs. Medlock in the musical THE SECRET GARDEN.
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David Case
From an early age David Case spent hours mimicking the great actors and comedians of Britain's radio and theater and doing "funny voices" and skits with his brother. At 21, he requested a tape recorder for his birthday, a device his parents had never heard of. After performing for years in many BBC Radio plays, David came to the US in 1976.
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Davina Porter
2006 Audie Winner for Best Female Narrator for A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES.
When Davina Porter was quite young, she discovered the best way to learn something--a poem to memorize or history facts--was to say or read it aloud. For nearly 25 years, Davina has had the chance to "learn" many things through the recordings of more than 100 audiobooks.
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Dick Hill
Dick Hill relishes the variety of his audiobook roles and loves never setting foot on a stage. "It's an opportunity to play all the parts!" When he worked in regional theater, what Dick enjoyed most was the rehearsal process. "The fun is in the discovery." Dick has read audiobooks for Brilliance Audio in Michigan for six years and has logged in nearly 200 audiobooks.
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Derek Jacobi
We are blessed indeed that Sir Derek Jacobi has made a commitment to audiobooks amid his sterling performances in I, CLAUDIUS and BROTHER CADFAEL, as well as the demands of many stage productions.
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Edward Herrmann
Growing up, Ed says, he loved hearing stories and the stirring of the imagination in the listener. "I love the spoken-word. I love hearing it. The way the words can seduce you."
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Frank Muller
Frank Muller defines the craft of audio narrating for many listeners. His recordings of Anne Rice's INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE, Pat Conroy's PRINCE OF TIDES and Stephen King's THE BREATHING METHOD are performances that reveal the power and magnetism of the audio format. At the forefront of his profession, Frank is pleased to see both the growing acceptance of the craft and the recognition of many fellow narrators.
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Grover Gardner
What most listeners might not know about Grover is that he has narrated hundreds of audiobooks for a variety of publishers under two additional names: Tom Parker and Alexander Adams.
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Jenna Lamia
Jenna Lamia brings a fresh,captivating voice to the audiobook world, and with only a few audiobooks under her belt, she has had amazing success. Her performance of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES was a 2003 Audie Award Finalist in the prestigious category of Best Female Narrator
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Jim Dale
When J.K. Rowling has Hagrid boom, Dumbledore hum, and Aunt Marge belch, listeners can hear exactly what that sounds like, thanks to Jim Dale's spellbinding narration. He gives voice to every wizard, muggle, house elf, goblin, giant, and hundreds of other characters who pass through Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, Diagon Alley, and the other magical environs of the Harry Potter series. He is a major part of why these fantastical volumes are among the top-selling audiobooks of all time.
For his audio work, he became the first inductee into the Audio Hall of Fame. He has won a record seven Audie Awards including, “Audio Book of the Year 2004”, "Best Male Narrator 2004 and 2005”, Best Children’s Narrator 2006” and eight Earphone Awards.
He has also won a Grammy Award 2000, five Grammy Nominations, including the most recent, "Grammy Award 2007 Nomination" for J.M.Barrie's "Peter Pan".
“Guinness World Record Holder” for having created a total of 134 different character voices for one audio book, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
"Guinness World Record Holder" for occupying the first SIX places in the “Top Ten Audio Books of America 2005”.
In 2004 Queen Elizabeth II awarded Jim the MBE* for his work in promoting children’s literature.
*Member of the Order of the British Empire
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Jay O. Sanders
Jay O. Sanders has narrated more than twenty-five audiobooks over the last five years, including works by Greg Iles, Dean Koontz, Joyce Carol Oates, Tony Hillerman, William Gibson, and John Sanford, under the auspices of eight publishers.
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Martin Jarvis
Martin Jarvis is one of Britain's most distinguished and versatile actors. He has narrated and produced audiobooks in the UK and is beginning to apply his narrating talents to audiobooks in the U.S., as well.
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Miriam Margoleys
Miriam Margolyes says, "Recording an audiobook and playing one character after another pushes the envelope of your talent." She values audiobook work very highly.
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Scott Brick
Scott Brick has narrated over 200 audiobooks in his relatively short time as a narrator. He is the winner of a Science Fiction Audie and several Earphones Awards.
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Simon Jones
Simon Jones’s curriculum vitae would impress the least impressionable producer. He has narrated more than 50 audiobooks.
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Simon Prebble
Simon Prebble reinvented himself as an actor when he came to America in 1990. After twenty years as a radio journalist, BBC announcer, and actor who toured with Ian McKellen in HAMLET, Simon tried narrating two or three audiobooks for Recorded Books in New York and was "hooked." He's now completed nearly 200 audiobooks.
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Wanda McCaddon
Audiobook narration is the fourth or fifth career for British Wanda McCaddon, who has also been a newspaper reporter, university professor and stage, film and TV actress before beginning to narrate audiobooks 15 years ago. Wanda started her narrating career with The Mind's Eye dramatizations, working on THE LORD OF THE RINGS. She has narrated more than 500 titles.
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Below you will find a list of other narrators available on PrimeAudioBooks.com. The list is in alphabetical order.
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