Audiobook Talent & Industry Guide

SARA SHECKELLS

[email protected]

http://SaraSounds.com

Pronouns: she/her

Nationality/Cultural Identity: American

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Awards: AudioFile Earphones

Spoken Languages: Standard American

American Accents: Standard (mid-Atlantic), New England, Southern

Other English Accents: Standard (RP), Cockney

Genres: Biography, Historical Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Nonfiction, Young Adult

Voice Range: Juvenile, Teen, 20s-30s, Middle Age, Senior

PERFORMANCE & TRAINING

Voice-Over: Crawlspace Media (True Crime podcast - dramatizations); Stories From The In Between (podcast - short fiction); Merelta; Town of Andover

Training: Leonardo Audio Workshop participant 2024, 2025; 1:1 coaching with Carol Monda, Andi Arndt, and Tanya Eby; Narrator.Life Workshops 2021, 2024 | Palm Springs Retreat 2024

Expertise: 25+ years higher education administration (housing, events management, career counseling, course instruction); host of "Audiobookin' In Andover" (2023, 2024, 2025); volunteer (event planning) Salem (MA) Literary Festival Planning Committee; active foster for rescue dogs (extensive knowledge of the boxer breed)

Worked With: Macmillan, PRH, Harper, Scholastic, Zibby

Home Studio • Audiobooks Recorded >100 plus Indie Publishers

APA Member

SAG-AFTRA Member

AUDIOBOOKS & REVIEWS

Audiobooks: THE BROOD: A NOVEL; CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO; THE UNDERCURRENT; THE KNOWING; THE CURE FOR WOMEN; THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH

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