Every now and then, I’ll re-listen to a book, and vivid memories from years gone by come flooding back; listening to Will Patton narrate a Stephen King novel while working on a weekend project…leaning into a Jonathan Maberry thriller read by Ray Porter while on vacation in the Bahamas…or the voice of Scott Brick playing Nelson DeMille’s John Corey, keeping me company on that long drive to North Carolina, just to name a few.

Years after becoming an audiobook listener, I became an audiobook narrator.

I understand the impact an audiobook can have, and I take my role as a storyteller very seriously. Narrators are tasked with telling the author’s truth, and have a responsibility to the listener to bring them into the story and keep them there.

I relish the idea that, for years to come, listeners will become so immersed in a story I narrated, that they’re compelled to tell their friends and family about it. A story they can’t wait to get back to. One that makes drives more enjoyable. One where every waking, available minute is taken up listening to it. A story they enjoy so thoroughly, that years and years later, as they listen to it again, a memory or two will be sparked.

It’s one of the joys audiobooks bring, and the power of a good story, well told…