Category Archives: Voice

Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel – Now available on Audio!

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GROUNDED: The Adventures of Rapunzel written by the incredibly talented Megan Morrison – is now available on audio!

I so enjoyed narrating this wonderful book for Scholastic Audio. I have always loved the story of Rapunzel and in Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel, Megan Morrison expertly creates a fresh, heartfelt spin to this beloved fairy tale.

Following Rapunzel as she embarked on her many exciting adventures in the magical land of Tyme was such a treat and so much fun to work on! I especially loved how Megan’s characters grew and changed as the book progressed. To have a listen, please just click on the link below.

Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel

Now available at Audible and Amazon.com!

 

Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe? Now available on Audio!

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51y4N3UOxIL._AC_UL320_SR224,320_Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?  – Harriet Beecher Stowe was many things – but the word amazing is the first image that comes to my mind when I think of  her and all that she accomplished and stood for.

I’m excited to have had the opportunity to narrate this fantastic book for Penguin Random House Listening Library. Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?  written by Dana Meachen Rau, is part of a super fun non-fiction kid’s series called Who Was? While this series is aimed at children, these books are so packed with interesting and exciting facts, they truly make learning history – fun – for all ages!

If you’d like to learn more about Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe? Simply click on the link to have a listen here.  I’ve also included a brief description about Harriet’s life below, taken from the book cover:

“Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, an author, and a playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to help escaped slaves head north toward. The publication of her book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a scathing antislavery novel, fanned the flames that started the Civil War.”  ©2015 Dana Meachen Rau (P)2016 Listening Library

Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe? in audiobook format is now available everywhere!  Including Audible.com and Amazon.com.

Audiobook Release Day – The Regional Office is Under Attack!

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Releasing today on Audiobook – The Regional Office is Under Attack!

I had so much fun playing Rose, a young assassin leading the attack, in this super cool multi-voiced project – The Regional Office is Under Attack! by ​Manuel Gonzales for Penguin Random House.

To listen to a sample, simply click on the link: The Regional Office is Under Attack!

Now available on Audible.com and Amazon.

Finding the Peace Your Heart Craves

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Something we all yearn for…but oftentimes it seems so out of reach, especially when fear begins to rear its ugly head. How do we stay in faith when fear beckons? I so enjoyed narrating Fear and Faith: Finding The Peace Your Heart Craves for christianaudio.  In this book, author Trillia J. Newbell, walks us through the many faces of fear, bringing each one out into the stark light. Trillia allows herself to be completely transparent as she shares her own personal stories of how she has struggled with fear.  Through her stories and others, Trillia gives her audience practical tools to overcome fear through biblical encouragement, by applying scripture and by showing each of us, that we can fight fear with faith…and win.

Fear and Faith: Finding The Peace Your Heart Craves is now available in audiobook format at christianaudio.com, Amazon.com and Audible.com.

Fear and Faith

 

Meet The Man Without A Shadow

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–ELIHU HOOPES

We first meet Elihu Hoopes on October 1965, six months after his brain has been ravaged by encephalitis fever.  Elihu Hoopes is The Man Without A Shadow – a deeply fascinating new novel by Joyce Carol Oates that I had the great pleasure of narrating for HarperAudio. Within its poignant pages – the science of the mind, love, loneliness, passion and regret are all beautifully examined.

Elihu, at the age of 37, incurs damage to the hippocampus area of his brain, which prevents him from being able to form short term memories. Over the next 30 years,  Elihu (E.H.) becomes the most famous amnesiac in history while the neuroscientist that is studying him, Margot Sharpe, becomes equally famous for her experiments on E.H.’s mind.  While Margot soars professionally, personally she slowly slips into madness allowing herself to fall into an unethical love affair with E.H.  An affair that Elihu Hoopes doesn’t have the ability to remember and one that leaves Margot Sharpe, even lonelier than before.

The Man Without A Shadow is now available on Amazon and Audible.com.

 

Hello 2016 and a toast to 2015

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ball-dropWishing everyone a wonderful 2016 – may it be your best year ever!

As I look back on 2015, I am so grateful for the many memories, opportunities and experiences that this year brought.

As an audiobook narrator, the year started with much excitement at being nominated for an Audie Award for Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian. I was then extremely honored to be asked to be a presenter at The 20th Annual Audie Awards in New York City. What a magical night that was! Throughout the year, I have had the tremendous pleasure of working with many new publishers and authors, on a wide variety of fascinating titles.

As an actor, I began the year by getting cast in a hard-hitting short film. I performed on stage in several staged play readings at various theatres, finishing off the year by playing Phaedra in Phaedra, a production that ran for 3 weeks in Los Angeles.  96 Souls, a feature film that I was cast in last year, had its first cast and crew screening at the Landmark Theatres in Los Angeles and as the year drew to a close, I signed with an awesome new commercial and theatrical agent.

Farewell, 2015! It’s been an amazing year and one that I’m extremely thankful for.

She is running for her life. He has run from his life. Meet Nancy & Jake in – The Cabin!

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It’s 1930 and the Sierra Nevada Mountains are home to a town of renegade Mormons.  On Nancy’s 18th birthday, her father tells her she has to marry her cousin Abner, who already has 3 wives. Nancy refuses and runs away, spending a fearful night in the woods until she stumbles upon what will ultimately change her life –  THE CABIN…

Today is the audiobook release day for The Cabin, book 3 of the Manhattan Stories, by Donna Mabry!  I’ve had so much fun narrating this series for Dreamscape Media. Part of the joy for me, has been getting to know these wonderfully drawn characters that Donna Mabry has so beautifully created, and then having the opportunity to travel through the generations with each of them. From Jessica, to Pillsbury Crossing to The Cabin. It’s been an incredible journey that I won’t soon forget.

The Cabin is now available on Audible.com and at Amazon!

Hope That Glows In The Dark

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61ah1pLxm3L._SL500_AA300_PIaudible,BottomRight,13,73_AA300_“To the wounded, the worn, the wondering.

And to those who let us see their scars

so others can discover Hope’s hideout” – Cynthia Ruchti

It was such a joy to narrate this collection of beautifully written, poignant stories by Cynthia Ruchti.  Ragged Hope: Surviving the Fallout of Other People’s Choices follows 25 individuals who share their true story of how they found the strength, courage and resolve to survive the aftermath of other people’s choices.

I recorded this book, along with the very talented Alex Hyde-White, and each time I came to one of the stories that I would be reading, I was deeply impacted by how I was also being encouraged, uplifted and moved by the soothing balm that each of these pages contained. Throughout this book, Cynthia Ruchti lovingly illustrates God’s healing power and His ability to meet each of us right where we are – no matter what our circumstance, or how ragged or tattered our hope may be.

                                                                 And hope does not disappoint.

                                                                             Romans 5:5 NASB

                          

 

JESSICA – Book One of The Manhattan Stories – Have a listen …

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Jessica

I have been having such a wonderful time narrating this beautiful series!

Here is a sample from the newly released audiobook JESSICA. Jessica is Book 1 of The Manhattan Stories written by Donna Mabry for Dreamscape Media.  Now available on Amazon and at Audible.com.

Have a listen…

Next up:  Pillsbury Crossing to be released August 18th, 2015.  Jessica takes us into to the heartland, where a new generation takes the stage.

Step back in time to Manhattan, New York, 1869 and meet JESSICA – out today!!

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Manhattan, New York, 1869 – I have always loved time period pieces, in all media forms, whether it be a novel, a piece of music or a movie. Perhaps it’s my classical theatre background, I’m not sure. What I do know, is that it was with great joy that I returned from Manhattan, New York, 2015 to learn the wonderful news that I would be narrating JESSICA by Donna Mabry for Dreamscape Media.

I have loved working on this first book in the Manhattan Series and I’m so excited to celebrate today’s audiobook release day of JESSICA.

Here is a short descripton to give you an idea as to what this beautiful story is all about. Jessica grabbed my heart from the moment my eyes met the very first page. I hope she’ll do the same to yours. Enjoy!

“Wealthy heiress Jessica McCarthy desperately wants to be married and have a family. A rogue and a scoundrel, Zachary Belk is the only one who has proposed. Even though her father warns her that Zachary won’t make a good husband, she marries him. She soon discovers that her father was right. When the stock market crashes, and both families are left penniless, Zachary seeks a new fortune on a property he owns in another Manhattan, in Kansas. They are only there a short time before he deserts her. With a new baby, Jessica must learn to survive and support her family in an unfamiliar frontier land with only her faith and determination to guide her.”