About William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 (baptised) - April 23, 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the Bard of Avon. His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
About Scott Brick
Scott Brick is a renowned actor, screenwriter, and audiobook narrator. Born in Santa Barbara, he studied acting and writing at UCLA. He began narrating audiobooks in 2000 and has since narrated over 600 titles. He has earned several accolades for his narrating talents, including two Audie Awards.
About Käthe Mazur
Käthe Mazur is best known on television as DDA Andrea Hobbes on both The Closer and its hit spin-off Major Crimes. She has recorded over a hundred audiobooks, including the multi-award-winning Quiet by Susan Cain and The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin. She also has the distinction of having recorded both Hillary Clinton's and Anne Coulter's books in the same month. An Audie Award nominee, she currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and son.
About Dion Graham
Dion Graham is a multiple Audie award–winning narrator and a critically acclaimed actor who has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally, in films, and in several hit television series, including HBO's The Wire. His performances have been praised as thoughtful, compelling, vivid, and full of life.
About Steven Anthony Jones
Steven Anthony Jones has worked professionally on stage, television, film, and audiobooks for forty-two years. Previously the artistic director of the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, the premier African-American Theatre Company in the San Francisco Bay Area, he performed, taught, and directed at the American Conservatory Theater for twenty-two years.
About Simon Vance
Simon Vance is a critically acclaimed narrator who has recorded over eight hundred audiobooks and has received over fifty Earphones Awards. A twelve-time Audie Award winner and frequent finalist, he has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice, an AudioFile Best Voice, and the first Booklist Voice of Choice. A former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader in London, he currently lives in California, where he also pursues stage and television acting.
About Carol Monda
Carol Monda is a two-time Audio Award winner, a recipient of AudioFile's Earphones Awards, a SOVAS nominee, and a member of the SAG-AFTRA National Audiobook Steering Committee. With over 450 audiobooks to her name, she has been a featured guest on several podcasts.
About Paula Parker
Paula Parker is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner. For the past two decades, she has also directed and produced numerous award-winning audiobooks for every major publisher.
About Maggi-Meg Reed
Maggi-Meg Reed is the narrator of numerous popular audiobooks including Alex Kava's One False Move, Sebastien Japrisot's A Very Long Engagement, and Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife. A multiple Audie nominee, Earphones Award winner, and AudioFile Featured Narrator, she was named Best Voice in Fiction & Classics by AudioFile in 2008. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
About Johnny Heller
Johnny Heller is an award-winning narrator and one of the most sought-after voiceover coaches in the nation. An ALA Odyssey Award winner, AudioFile Golden Voice, and a Grammy nominee, he has narrated over 1,000 titles in almost every genre. A multiple recipient of Booklist and Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews, Publishers Weekly Listen Up Awards, and AudioFile Magazine Best Voice of the Year recognitions, he is regularly nominated for Earphones and Audies and is a multi-award winner of both.
About J. D. Jackson
J.D. Jackson is a classically trained actor, a theater professor, an aspiring stage director, and an award-winning audiobook narrator. His television and film credits include roles on House, ER, Law & Order, Hack, Sherrybaby, Diary of a City Priest, and Lucky Number Slevin. The recipient of several audiobook awards for narration and an Odyssey Honor for G. Neri's Ghetto Cowboy, he was named one of AudioFile's Best Voices of the Year for 2012 and 2013.