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Simon Vance was born in Brighton, England, on December 16, 1955, to John Hazlett Vance and Rosemary Elizabeth Catherine Vance (née Higgs).In a 2008 interview with AudioFile Magazine, [4] he recalled making his first audiobook recording at the age of six when he was offered a microphone into which he read Winnie the Pooh. [6]
Kramer lives in Washington, D.C. area with his wife, Jennifer Mendenhall (aka Kate Reading), and their two children. [2] Kramer and Reading have co-narrated audiobooks. Kramer also works as an actor in the local theater, including The Kennedy Center’s production of The Light of Exca
McKibben began his career as an announcer on WING (AM) in Dayton, Ohio while still in high school. [2] [3] By his mid-20s, he had advanced from various radio positions, such as being the afternoon "drive time" host on Cincinnati station WSAI-FM, to becoming the personal recording engineer/producer and studio manager for "The Man of 1,000 Voices," Mel Blanc. [4]
In 1999, Brick began narrating audiobooks and found himself a popular choice for top publishers and authors. After recording some 250 titles in five years, AudioFile magazine named Brick “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy," [1] and proclaimed him a "Golden Voice," a reputation solidified by a November 2004 article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. [3]
Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year: Finalist [23] The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) Brian Selznick: Audie Award for Achievement in Production: Finalist [23] The Little Book (2008) Selden Edwards: Earphone Award Winner [24] 2010 The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno (2010) Ellen Bryson: Earphone Award Winner [25] 2012
Lee has narrated hundreds of audiobooks. [1] " His trademark rich, smooth voice with its hint of a growl turns the word into a seduction", according to AudioFile. [1] He has won numerous Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards, and he was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile in 2009.
The Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobook narration for an audiobook narrated by the author released in a given year.
Guidall says many narrators are "just reading out loud. They don't have an emotional underpinning. There’s a rhythm to speech in terms of what's implied. If it's raining in the book, there’s got to be something about the voice that evokes the rain." [1] Guidall says audiobook narration "expands the author's intent, brings it into an immediacy.