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. Director Paul Ruben shared his excitement about their work on the audiobook, saying, "Only good actors make good directors, and she's one of them. A natural." GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING was her first audiobook, and an Earphones Award Winner. We celebrate HOPE WAS HERE with another Earphones. She has an attentive ear for the nuances of speech patterns and regional inflections, yet makes an effort not to overprepare. "I let the characters grow and take care not to be too knowing," she says. "I come to the story as the listener does, allowing it to unfold." Jenna's success is not just in audiobooks; a big break came with her 1998 performance in Ah, Wilderness on Broadway, and recently she starred in Bed Bound Off Broadway. She's now in Los Angeles where she had a role in HBO's Oz. Movies on the way include Audrey Tautou's Nowhere to Go But Up. Jenna's interest in audiobooks will likely keep open some time for narration in the coming months.--2003 Narrator Yearbook

Jenna Lamia