 The Audie Awards ceremony begins! Finalists in 25 categories were shown onscreen, and then winners announced - Wednesday at the 21st Annual Audie Awards® Gala in Chicago. (Screen photos by Tom Dheere) 2016 AUDIE AWARDS® At Gala, Best Female And Male Narrators Among Scores Of Audie Award® Winners May 12, 2016  (VOXtra) - With punchy and passionate wit, award-winning comedian/commentator Paula Poundstone led the 21st Annual Audie Awards® Gala Wednesday night in Chicago through a ceremony of cheers and applause as winners of this year's prestigious Audie Awards for audiobook excellence were announced.Sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), the Audies are often referred to as the "Oscars of spoken word entertainment,” and the event at Chicago's Adler Planetarium was a gathering of authors, narrators and publishers to honor recipients. Especially notable for narrators were awards to Katherine Kellgren for Best Female Narrator, and to George Guidall for Best Male Narrator. (See details below.)  Top honor for Audiobook of Year went to The Girl on the Train by Paul Hawkins, read by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey and India Fisher, and published by Penguin Audio/Books On Tape.Judges praised this audiobook for its "trio of skilled narrators (who) pull listeners into the psychological suspense. "The ‘trust no one’ twists and possible unreliability of the three central women compel the listening experience and make this a great choice to recommend to audiobook fans or newcomers to the format," the judges added. "With storytelling this good, it’s clear to see why the audiobook continues to gain fans across a broad market.” About all award winners, APA President Linda Lee remarked: "As the audiobook industry grows and thrives, we reach new heights of visibility, quality, and audience enthusiasm for the format – all reflected in every one of tonight’s nominees and winners!” THE WINNERS ARE ... Winners of the 2016 Audie Awards were chosen by judges from a field they had earlier narrowed to finalists in 25 categories (see all finalists). And the winners are: AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR The Girl on the Train By Paula Hawkins Read by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, and India Fisher Penguin Audio / Books on Tape AUDIO DRAMA Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories By Rudyard Kipling Read by a Full Cast Audible Studios AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR Ghost Boy By Martin Pistorius Read by Simon Bubb Thomas Nelson  BEST FEMALE NARRATORWild Rover No More By L.A. Meyer Read by Katherine Kellgren Listen & Live Audio BEST MALE NARRATOR The English Spy By Daniel Silva Read by George Guidall HarperAudio BUSINESS/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Wake up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life By Michael Strahan and Veronica Chambers Read by Michael Strahan Simon & Schuster Audio  EROTICACuring Doctor Vincent By Renea Mason Read by Noah Michael Levine and Erin deWard Renea Mason EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN The Hunger Games Trilogy Collection By Suzanne CollinsMP3-CD Collection Package Design: Kathlyn Miller Recorded and published by Scholastic Audio Distributed by Brilliance Publishing, Inc. EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING Locke & Key By Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez Read by Haley Joel Osment, Tatiana Maslany, Kate Mulgrew, and a full cast Audible Studios EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories By Rudyard Kipling Read by a Full Cast Audible Studios FANTASY Nice Dragons Finish Last By Rachel Aaron Read by Vikas Adam Audible Studios FICTION The Nightingale By Kristin Hannah Read by Polly Stone Macmillan Audio HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts By Andrew Chaikin and Tom Hanks Read by Bronson Pinchot Audiobooks.com Publishing HUMOR Furiously Happy Written and read by Jenny Lawson Macmillan Audio INSPIRATIONAL FAITH-BASED FICTION To Win Her Favor By Tamera Alexander Read by Melba Sibrel Zondervan INSPIRATIONAL FAITH-BASED NON-FICTION Boy Born Dead By David Ring Read by Paul Michael christianaudio LITERARY FICTION & CLASSICS Little Big Man By Thomas Berger Read by Scott Sowers, cameo by David Aaron Baker Recorded Books MIDDLE GRADE Echo By Pam Munoz Ryan Read by Mark Bramhall, David deVries, MacLeod Andrews, and Rebecca Soler Scholastic Audio MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE Illuminae By Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Read by Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lincoln Hoppe, and Jonathan McClain Listening Library MYSTERY Career of Evil By Robert Galbraith Read by Robert Glenister Hachette Audio NARRATION BY AUTHOR Born with Teeth Written and read by Kate Mulgrew Hachette Audio NON-FICTION Ghettoside By Jill Leovy Read by Rebecca Lowman Random House Audio / Books on Tape ORIGINAL WORK The Starling Project By Jeffery Deaver Read by Alfred Molina and a full cast Audible Studios PARANORMAL White Trash Zombie Gone Wild By Diana Rowland Read by Allison McLemore Audible Studios ROMANCE The Highwayman By Kerrigan Byrne Read by Derek Perkins Tantor Media, a division of Recorded Books SCIENCE FICTION Jurassic Park By Michael Crichton Read by Scott Brick Brilliance Publishing THRILLER/SUSPENSE The Patriot Threat By Steve Berry Read by Scott Brick Macmillan Audio YOUNG ADULT Lair of Dreams By Libba Bray Read by January LaVoy Listening Library YOUNG LISTENERS Little Shop of Monsters By R.L. Stine and Marc Brown Read by Jack Black Hachette Audio Congratulations to all winners! FOR MORE ABOUT APA & AUDIES ... For more about the the Audie Awards, visit www.theaudies.com.  And to learn about the APA - whose members include audiobook narrators, publishers and others in the audiobook industry, visit www.audiopub.org.Founded in 1986, the APA is a not-for-profit trade organization whose primary goals are to promote awareness of the audiobook industry, gather and disseminate industry statistics, encourage high production standards, and represent the interests of audiobook publishers. In addition to the Audie Awards competition, the APA sponsors an annual conference (APAC), and numerous local and online events for members for learning and networking. |
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Lynn Benson
5/13/2016 at 12:50 AM
Thanks for sharing. It is always great to see (hear) what is happening and to take a moment or several to listen to the work of others.
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