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Announcing
The 7th Annual Audie Awards® Winners
The Audie Awards,
honoring excellence in audio publishing,
were presented in 23 categories the evening of May 3rd, 2002, in New York City.
Finalists were selected by a panel of over 100 judges representing all areas of the
audiobook world. Judges were responsible for reviewing 522
audiobooks. Winners in each category are noted here using
the red star designation ( ).
AudioFile congratulates all the finalists and winners!
The Audie Awards are sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association.
Fiction,
Abridged
THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER REVIEW
Amy Tan, Read by Amy Tan and Joan Chen
(New Millenium Audio)
THE
CORRECTIONS REVIEW
Jonathan Franzen, Read by Dylan Baker
(Simon & Schuster Audio)
WE WERE THE MULVANEYS REVIEW
Joyce Carol Oates, Read by J. Todd Adams
(HighBridge Audio)
Fiction, Unabridged
BEL CANTO REVIEW
Ann Patchett, Read by Anna Fields
(Blackstone Audiobooks)
THE PRIESTESS OF AVALON REVIEW
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Read by Bernadette Dunne
(Books on Tape)
THE TALISMAN REVIEW
Stephen King and Peter Straub, Read by Frank Muller
(Simon & Schuster Audio)
Mystery,
Fiction
THE BLUE NOWHERE REVIEW
Jeffery Deaver, Read by William Dufris
(Chivers North America)
TELL NO ONE REVIEW
Harlan Coben, Read by Steven Weber
(Random House Audio)
THE VENDETTA DEFENSE REVIEW
Lisa Scottoline, Read by Barbara Rosenblat
(Recorded Books)
Classic, Fiction
THE CRUCIBLE REVIEW
Arthur Miller, Read by Richard Dreyfus and Stacy Keach
(L.A. Theatre Works)
GONE WITH THE WIND REVIEW
Margaret Mitchell, Read by Linda Stephens
(Recorded Books)
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN REVIEW
Betty Smith, Read by Kate Burton
(Harper Audio)
Non-Fiction, Abridged
GHOST SOLDIERS REVIEW
Hampton Sides, Read by James Naughton
(Random House Audio)
JAZZ REVIEW
Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, Read by LeVar Burton
(Random House Audio)
JOHN ADAMS REVIEW
David McCullough, Read by Edward Herrmann
(Simon & Schuster Audio)
Non-fiction, Unabridged
ALBUM OF MEMORIES
Tom Brokaw, Read by the Author and a cast
(Random House Audio)
JOHN ADAMS REVIEW
David McCullough, Read by Nelson Runger
(Recorded Books)
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF CHOPIN REVIEW
Jeremy Siepmann, Read by Jeremy Siepmann with Anton Lesser,
Neville Jason, Elaine Claxton and Karen Archer
(Naxos Audiobooks)
Personal Development/Motivational
LIFE LESSONs: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About
the Mysteries of Life and Living REVIEW
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross & David Kessler, Read by David Kessler
(Books on Tape)
SELF MATTERS
Phillip C. McGraw, Read by Phillip C. McGraw
(Simon & Schuster Audio)
SHACKLETON'S WAY: Leadership Lessons From the Great Antarctic
Explorer REVIEW
by Margot Morrell & Stephen Capparell, Read by Richard
Matthews
(Books on Tape)
Business Information/Educational
FISH! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results, REVIEW
by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., Harry Paul, and John Christensen,
Read by Mallory Kasdan
(Random House Audible)
THE POWER OF SIX SIGMA
Subir Chowdhury,
Read by Patrick Lawlor and Richard Allen
(B & B Audio)
RICH DAD'S RICH KID, SMART KID REVIEW
Robert T. Kiyosaki with
Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A., Read by Jim Ward with commentary
by Robert T. Kiyosaki
(Time Warner Audiobooks)
Children's Titles For Ages 0-7
BALLET STORIES: Coppelia, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker,
Swann Lake REVIEW
retold by David Angus, Read by Jenny Agutter
(Naxos AudioBooks)
THE GIRL WHO LOVED WILD HORSES
Paul Goble, Read by Lance White Magpie; authentic Native American
music and vocal accompaniments
by Robert Tree Cody and Curtis Zunigha
(Live Oak Media)
JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT REVIEW
Simms Taback, Read by Simms Taback along with members of The
Klezmatics
(Live Oak Media)
Children's Titles For Ages 8+
THE AMBER SPYGLASS REVIEW
Philip Pullman, Read by the Author and a full cast
(Listening Library)
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE REVIEW
Kate Dicamillo, Read by Cherry Jones
(Listening Library)
THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW REVIEW
C.S. Lewis, Read by Kenneth Branagh
(Harper Audio)
Inspirational/Spiritual
THE LISTENER'S BIBLE
Read by Max McLean
(Fellowship for the Performing Arts)
NIV AUDIO BIBLE NEW TESTAMENT REVIEW
Read by various narrators
(Zondervan)
SAFELY HOME REVIEW
Randy Alcorn, Read by Steve Sever
(Tyndale House)
Humor
BLANDINGS CASTLE REVIEW
P.G. Wodehouse, Read by Jonathan Cecil
(Chivers North America)
NAPALM AND SILLY PUTTY REVIEW
George Carlin, Read by George Carlin
(HighBridge Audio)
THE NEW JOYS OF YIDDISH REVIEW
Leo Rosten, revised by Lawrence Bush, Read by Ron Rifkin,
Peter Riegert, Harry Goz, Michael Goz, Larry Keith, and Carole
Shelley
(Random House Audio)
Poetry
THE BEST POEMS OF ALL TIME I REVIEW
various authors, Read by an ensemble including Eric Stoltz,
Michael Beck, Graeme Malcolm and Keith Szarabajka
(Time Warner AudioBooks)
THE BEST POEMS OF ALL TIME II REVIEW
various authors, Read by an ensemble including Natalie Cole,
Cynthia Nixon, D.B. Sweeney, and Graeme Malcolm
(Time Warner AudioBooks)
THE BEST-LOVED POEMS OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS REVIEW
various authors, Read by Caroline Kennedy, Claire Bloom, Daniel
Davis, Viola Davis, Byron Jennings, Ruben Santiago-Hudson,
Jennifer Wiltsie, & B.D. Wong
(Hyperion Audiobooks)
Short Stories/Collections
BLOOD: Stories of Life and Death from the Civil War REVIEW
Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Stephen Crane,
George Pickett, Lt. Colonel W.W. Blackford, Thomas Wentworth
Higginson, Sarah Morgan Dawson, George T. Stevens, John McElroy,
William T. Sherman, Adeline Grey, Read by Christopher Graybill,
Colleen Delany, Grover Gardner, Barrett Whitener, Delores
King Williams
(Listen & Live Audio)
THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD REVIEW
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Read by various authors
(Harper Audio)
TEXAS BOUND IV: More Stories by Texas Writers Read by Texas
Actors REVIEW
edited
by Kay Cattarulla, with stories by authors Larry L. King,
Sara Powers, C.W. Smith and others , Read by Marcia Gay Harden,
Larry Hagman, and Judith Ivey, and others
(Arts & Letters Live/ SMU Press)
Original Work
FLIGHT OF THE VOYAGER
Ferde GrofÈ,, Read by Ferde GrofÈ, Peggy Jordan,
Jim Cissel and full cast
(Stereo High Adventures)
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF CHOPIN REVIEW
Jeremy Siepmann, Read by Jeremy Siepmann with Anton Lesser,
Neville Jason, Elaine Claxton & Karen Archer
(Naxos AudioBooks)
MARESSA & MERLONE: A Musical Fairy Tale REVIEW
Shaeri Richards, Read by Shaeri Richards
(Heartfull Productions)
Solo Narration—Male
Frank Muller for COLDHEART CANYON REVIEW
Clive Barker
(Harper Audio)
Larry Keith for THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN REVIEW
Isaac Bashevis Singer
(Jewish Contemporary Classics)
Tim Curry for A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS #1: THE BAD BEGINNING
REVIEW
Lemony Snicket
(Listening Library)
Solo Narration—Female
Barbara Rosenblat for LORD OF THE SILENT REVIEW
Elizabeth Peters
(Harper Audio)
Dearbhla Molloy for MY DREAM OF YOU REVIEW
Nuala O'Faolain
(Simon & Schuster Audio)
Blair Brown for PORTRAIT IN SEPIA REVIEW
Isabel Allende
(Harper Audio)
Narration by the Author or Authors
Rick Bragg for AVA'S MAN REVIEW
(Random House Audio)
Marc Parent for BELIEVING IT ALL REVIEW
(Time Warner AudioBooks)
Amy Tan for THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER REVIEW
(New Millenium Audio)
Multi-Voiced Performance
THE AMBER SPYGLASS REVIEW
Philip Pullman, Read by the Author and a full cast
(Listening Library)
THE CRUCIBLE REVIEW
Arthur Miller, Read by Richard Dreyfus and Stacy Keach
(L.A. Theatre Works)
WAR LETTERS REVIEW
edited by Andrew Carroll, Read by Harry Smith, Campbell Scott,
and Eric Stoltz
(Simon & Schuster Audio)
Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium
THE CRUCIBLE REVIEW
Arthur Miller, Read by Richard Dreyfus and Stacy Keach
(L.A. Theatre Works)
GREAT CLASSICAL COMPOSERS: Appreciating Their Lives and Music
REVIEW
David Allen, Kenneth Allen, John Green, and Rosemary Hughes,
Read by Richard Mayes, John Ringham, and Rosemary Hughes
(Audio Partners )
THE
ZEBRA-STRIPED HEARSE REVIEW
Ross Macdonald, Read by Harris Yulin, Edward Asner,
Kathryn Harrold, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, and a cast
of 36 others
(Audio Partners)
Fiction or Non-Fiction, Licensed or Distributed
THE FAMILY FRYING PAN
Bryce Courtenay, Read by Humphrey Bower
(Bolinda Audio Books)
THE LAST CONFESSION REVIEW
Morris West, Read by James Condon
(Bolinda Audio Books)
THE ZEBRA-STRIPED HEARSE REVIEW
Ross Macdonald, Read by Harris Yulin, Edward Asner,
Kathryn Harrold, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, and a cast
of 36 others
(Audio Partners)
Package Design
THE CAEDMON SHORT STORY COLLECTION REVIEW
various authors, Read by various narrators
(Harper Audio)
THE ERNEST HEMINGWAY AUDIO COLLECTION REVIEW
Ernest Hemingway, Read by Ernest Hemingway and Charlton Heston
(Harper Audio)
THE LISTENER'S BIBLE, Read by Max McLean
(Fellowship for the Performing Arts)
Achievement and Innovation in Production
THE AMBER SPYGLASS REVIEW
Philip Pullman, Read by the Author and a full cast
(Listening Library)
AMERICAN GODS REVIEW
Neil Gaiman, Read by George Guidall
(Recorded Books)
THIEF OF TIME REVIEW
Terry Pratchett, Read by Christopher Cazenove, Gabrielle De
Cuir Karesa McElheny, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki, and
Harlan Ellison
(Audio Literature/ Fantastic Audio)
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