Golden Voices

The editors of AUDIOFILE celebrate 21 Golden Voice narrators who exemplify the very best in audiobook talent. These narrators have recorded exceptional audiobooks that include works of literature, children's stories, thrillers, biographies--every imaginable subject. They have made a long-standing commitment to the craft of audiobook narration and have made significant contributions to the world of spoken-word recordings.

	Alyssa Bresnahan A young actress who always makes time for audiobooks in her acting life, Alyssa Bresnahan is a new addition to AudioFile's Golden Voices. Whether the work is contemporary fiction or young adult literature, Alyssa Bresnahan's performances...read more [Return to top]
	Scott Brick Prolific Scott Brick, 38, mounts his Golden Voice pedestal after a relatively short time as a narrator. “I went over the 200-title barrier just a few months ago,” he told AudioFile in September...read more [Return to top]
	Barbara Caruso Since the early ’70s Barbara Caruso has performed hundreds of audiobooks. Active in both the worlds of commercial audiobooks and Library of Congress Talking Books, Barbara has been celebrated by both camps...read more [Return to top]
	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...read more [Return to top]
	Jim Dale The year 2003 brought Jim Dale many honors and accolades. June 21 was the much-anticipated release date of the fifth Harry Potter book, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX...read more [Return to top]
	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. Working alone in the small basement studio of his...read more [Return to top]
	George Guidall One of the best things about this work, says George, is to read books that he'd never read in a million years. In fact, George has narrated 540 unabridged audiobooks. This is probably more books than a lot of people read in a lifetime--much...read more [Return to top]
	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." He hones that skill whenever he has the opportunity...read more [Return to top]
	Dick Hill Dick Hill relishes the variety of his audiobook roles and loves never setting foot on a stage. "I get to play all the parts. I basically direct myself. I'm not dealing with rehearsals or other actors." When he worked in regional theater,...read more [Return to top]
	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. He has recorded some of the most...read more [Return to top]
	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. Martin narrates Dick...read more [Return to top]
	Simon Jones Simon Jones’s curriculum vitae would impress the least impressionable producer. At 15 pages and change, it’s long. Early on, it contains references to an ostensibly idyllic childhood in southwestern England and...read more [Return to top]
	Garrison Keillor Public radio's first star as well as a bestselling author, Garrison currently has 48 titles in circulation, all from HighBridge Audio. The latest are a rendition of his recent hardcover, LAKE WOBEGON SUMMER 1956, and a Mark Twain...read more [Return to top]
	Miriam Margolyes Miriam Margolyes says, "Recording an audiobook and playing one character after another pushes the envelope of your talent." She values audiobook work very highly. The compensation can't compare to work in films or television, but...read more [Return to top]
	Wanda McCaddon Audiobook narration is the fourth or fifth career for Britisher 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...read more [Return to top]
	John McDonough "All of my work comes from a musical point of view," says John, telling us his first reading of a book is like the first listening of a piece of music. "You have to be completely free. As you read and think about the piece, you hear...read more [Return to top]
	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...read more [Return to top]
	Davina Porter 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. She did this, often to her dolls lined up along the wall. She liked the way the...read more [Return to top]
	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...read more [Return to top]
	Christian Rodska Christian's twenty-year career in British theater encompasses radio plays, West End performances, television and audiobooks, narrated primarily for Chivers Audio Books. AudioFile has acclaimed Christian's performances of OFFICERS...read more [Return to top]
	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...read more [Return to top]
	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....read more [Return to top]
	Lynne Thigpen Lynne Thigpen started at the top in audiobooks. Her first recording was Toni Morrison's JAZZ. "It was very hard," Lynne recalls, and she wondered if this type of acting work was really for her. "The half-page sentences and parenthetical...read more [Return to top]

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