Narrator Pseudonyms

[Gayle]

Christina T wrote: "I just listened to a dual narration with Shane East. I'm thinking it was Royally Screwed"

That's a good one!

[L J]

It was Steve West narration of Dumped, Actually that caused me to add the book to my KU borrows. It, like the other Nick Spalding books, is KU book that includes audio.
His voice sold me on audio of Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews. Perfect choice for the book.

[Gayle]

L J wrote: "It was Steve West narration of Dumped, Actually that caused me to add the book to my KU borrows. It, like the other [author:Nick Spalding|403746..."

Thanks for the heads up on Dumped...I got it for $2! It sounds really funny, too.

[J.]

Thank you for your list L.J. I've corrected the Shane/Steve as well.

[Mary]

For the record, Steve also does an amazing Aussie accent in Christina Lauren's Dark Wild Night.

[J.]

He did! I think the subtly is tricky. I notice narrators who can't exactly pull it off and it defaults to something more Cockney sounding. I liked Shayna Thibodeaux in that series too.

[Kelli]

hi everybody! I hope I'm doing this right and in the right place. I really love Edward Thomas narrator. He does a couple Fiona Cole books and a handful of others. Just wondering if anyone knows of a fan page where we can see if he has more coming out? Or possibly he goes by other pseudonyms? TIA
Kelli~

[Jonetta]

Kelli, I went on Audible and could only find one other book with him listed as a narrator. Because his name is a common one, it was impossible for me to pinpoint him. Perhaps it is a pseudonym but one I can’t tie to anyone else.

[L J]

Greg Boudreaux who I really enjoy
is
Greg Tremblay who I don't recall hearing

[Cynthia]

Anyone know of pseudonyms for Aidan Snow or Christian Fox?

[Kathy]

Tracy T. wrote: "Can someone tell me who might be narrating this book? She sounds familiar but I have never heard of Brooke Bloomingdale.

Means

Audible https://www.audib..."

Not sure if anyone else has answered this, but I ran across a book narated by Brooke Bloomingdale and it drove me crazy because I KNEW i had heard her before, but none of her books were on my list of read books... so a little cross referencing previously read books and I do believe i have figured it out, i believe Brooke Bloomindale is also Brittany Pressley!

If I am wrong please let me know, but check out some of her books (especially The Strawberry Hearts Diner
by Carolyn Brown, Brittany Pressley, et al. And tell me what you think.

[RajeanaP]

I think I'm going crazy, but every female narrator is starting to sound like Andi Arndt to me. Does she have any pseudonyms other than Elana Wolfe? Thanks in advance!

[J.]

I don't think she has, at least I haven't run into more than Elana Wolfe. I have to say I actually wish more female narrators adopted her style. She has a great range of voices and she doesn't have that overly affected voice some females (some male too) have. She has a huge body of work - so, you may really be listening only to Andi Arndt/Elana Wolfe.

[RajeanaP]

J. wrote: "I don't think she has, at least I haven't run into more than Elana Wolfe. I have to say I actually wish more female narrators adopted her style. She has a great range of voices and she doesn't have..."

I really love her work too, it's just that I have a hard time transitioning between stories when the narrators are the same or similar. So when I try to pick something from a different narrator but then find it sounds like her anyway, I'm starting to wonder if I'm losing it. Stupid problem, I know, just was wondering. Thanks for your fast response and cheers! :)

[Gayle]

I find that I generally prefer male narrators, at least in contemporary romance. Female narrators like Andi Arndt are rare; she does great voices, pronounces everything correctly, and excels at pacing and inflection. So many popular female narrators drive me nuts; Andi needs to clone herself so she can spread the goodness around!

[TinaNoir]

That is how I feel about Julia Whelan. I remember listening to so something and she made her voice sound more aged (for a senior citizen) and also very young. And she does accents well. You really do forget sometimes it is one person.

I also like how Therese Plummer does male voices.

[Jonetta]

Julia Whelan is one of the very best!

[Jonetta]

Gayle wrote: "I find that I generally prefer male narrators, at least in contemporary romance. Female narrators like Andi Arndt are rare; she does great voices, pronounces everything correctly, and excels at pac..."

There are a plethora of female favorites on my list, including Andi:
1. Julia Whelan
2. January LaVoy
3. Kirsten Potter
4. Anna Fields
5. Ann Marie Lee
6. Hillary Huber
7. Brittany Pressley
8. Saskia Maarleveld
9. Teri Schnaubelt

And the list goes on for me. None of these narrators try to assume a dramatic change in pitch for male characters. They do a fantastic job of handling gender.

On the converse side, so many male narrators create awful female voices that end up sounding comical. You just have to explore.

[KathyB]

Jonetta wrote: "Gayle wrote: "I find that I generally prefer male narrators, at least in contemporary romance. Female narrators like Andi Arndt are rare; she does great voices, pronounces everything correctly, and..."

Thanks Jonetta, there are quite a few listed that I don't recognize.

[Jonetta]

You’re welcome! Some of them are regular narrators for specific series (Kirsten Potter/Detective D. D. Warren; Terri Schnaubelt/Mercy Kilpatrick, etc,). Julia Whelan & January LaVoy narrate a lot of Nora Robert’s books.

Oh! And let’s not forget Susan Ericksen who narrates the In Death series. I don’t listen to the series but group members worship her performance. I’ve listened to her narrate some standalones and she’s great.

[TinaNoir]

Jonetta wrote: "There are a plethora of female favorites on my list, including Andi:
1. Julia Whelan
2. January LaVoy
3. Kirsten Potter
4. Anna Fields
5. Ann Marie Lee
6. Hillary Huber
7. Brittany Pressley
8. Saskia Maarleveld
9. Teri Schnaubelt "

I agree wholeheartedly with your list!! IMO, the Late Anna Fields is utterly peerless. And Kirsten Potter has a voice like hot buttered, butter. Also she is fabulous with accents. I fell in love with her listening to The Spymaster's Lady

I'd add Xe Sands and Johanna Parker as really good esp. with contemporary romances. Their voices are good 'rom com' voices.

[Jonetta]

Tina wrote: "And Kirsten Potter has a voice like hot buttered, butter ..."

YES!!! I’ve tried to describe her voice in the past and that’s it! Anna Fields blew my socks off with Rebecca.

Love Xe Sands, too. Haven’t listened to Johanna Parker so that’s good to know.

[Jonetta]

One more...

Kathleen Early narrating the Grant County & Will Trent series. She was utterly brilliant in the last two WT books.

[Cheryl]

Does anyone know Joe Arden’s real name?

[Megan]

I'm pretty sure CJ Bloom is also Carly Robbins

Does anyone know about Austin Rising or Savannah Peachwood? I know they sound so very familiar to other narrators I've listened to but I can't place them.

[Jonetta]

CJ Bloom is a pseudonym used by Carly Robbins, as she acknowledged in an interview:

https://twimom227.com/2018/06/jiam-na...

[D.G.]

Anybody know if Emma Wilder narrates under a different name? She sounds so familiar!

[Jonetta]

Emma Wilder is the pseudonym used by Sarah Mollo-Christensen. Here’s an interview where she talks about why she used it.

https://www.romancenarrators.com/blog...

[Jonetta]

Cheryl wrote: "Does anyone know Joe Arden’s real name?"

I believe this was answered earlier here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Jonetta]

Megan wrote: "I'm pretty sure CJ Bloom is also Carly Robbins

Does anyone know about Austin Rising or Savannah Peachwood? I know they sound so very familiar to other narrators I've listened to but I can't place ..."

Austin Rising doesn’t appear to be the pseudonym. He acts under this name. Savannah Peachwood is Bailey Carr - see previous post here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[D.G.]

Jonetta wrote: "Emma Wilder is the pseudonym used by Sarah Mollo-Christensen. Here’s an interview where she talks about why she used it.

https://www.romancenarrators.com/blog...-..."

No, I haven't heard that narrator either! It must be that her style sounds like someone else. A bit like Julia Whelan maybe?

[Jonetta]

I’ve not listened to Emma Wilder or Peachwood.

[Mary]

I'm currently listening to The World Between Blinks, which is narrated by Kyla Garcia. I've never listened to Kyla before, but her voice sounds SO familiar. Has anyone else ever heard her before?

Lol update: I had a feeling it was probably a Sarina Bowen book I might have heard her in (guys, I listen to Sarina's books a LOT), and I *think* Kyla might be Seraphina Valentine.

[Jonetta]

Mary, I don't know about that but here's a wonderful interview with her conducted by Libro.fm. Perhaps it might answer some questions.

https://blog.libro.fm/narrator-interv...

[Mary]

Jonetta wrote: "Mary, I don't know about that but here's a wonderful interview with her conducted by Libro.fm. Perhaps it might answer some questions.

https://blog.libro.fm/narrator-interv..."

Thanks, Jonetta! I LOVE narrator interviews.

[Apex]

I thought I was losing my mind when I first started listening to audiobooks. So I had to start my own list of my FAVORITES to keep track!

Have to say it’s laughable writing under a different name is easy to disguise but with audio doesn’t matter what alias they use, it’s still the same voice and insulting to reader/listener to think we can’t recognize all of their very distinctive voices.

Also, only a handful have the skill to narrate all genres.

How is it one might lose their job for doing their job?LOL

Please correct me if I got any wrong below.


* M/F Exceptional male voice by female narrator

BEST NARRATORS (47 items)
✓ SEBASTIAN YORK = PETE SIMONELLI
✓ JACOB MORGAN=ZACHARY WEBBER
✓ Douglas Berger =Jean-Paul Mordrake
✓ TAD BRANSON= JONATHAN MCCLAIN
✓ JASON CLARKE
✓ AIDEN SNOW
✓ JOE ARDEN = MAX THOMAS
✓ CHRISTIAN FOX
✓ TEDDY HAMILTON = ANDREW EIDEN
✓ NELSON HOBBS
✓ CHRIS BRINKLEY
✓ RYAN WEST
✓ JOHN LANE
✓ RICHARD ARMITAGE
✓ STEPHEN FRY
✓ WEN ROSS
✓ NOAH MICHAEL RAVINE
✓ GREG BOUDREAUX
✓ JF HARDING
✓ WILL DAMRON
✓ NICHOLAS BOULTON
✓ BRIAN PALINO
✓ SCOTT BRICK
✓ SEAN CRISDEN
✓ JONATHAN DAVIS
✓ AARON SHEDLOCK
✓ CALLIE DALTON=SHANNON MCMANUS
✓ ANDIE ARDNT = ELENA WOLFE M/F
✓ ERIN MALLON = MUFFY NEWTOWN M/F
✓ KATIE SCHORR
✓ NATALIE. M/F
✓ MICHELLE FERGUSON
✓ PHILLIDA NASH
✓ GRACE GRANT
✓ CYNTHIA FARRELL
✓ BROOKE HAYDEN
✓ MACKENZIE CARTWRIGHT
✓ SAMANTHA COOK
✓ SAVANNAH PEACHWOOD = BAILEY CARR
✓ JANUARY LAVOY
✓ JULIA WHELAN
✓ Laurie Winkel
✓ Renee Givens
✓ STELLA BLOOM= SUSANNAH JONES
✓ TRISTAN JAMES = CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
✓ CJ BLOOM=CARLY ROBBINS
✓ THERESE PLUMMER

[Mary]

I don't think it's a matter of losing a job or that it's an intentional insult to readers; I think it's that they like to keep some work separate. It's just like YA or kidlit authors using a pseudonym if they do romance or even erotica. Hardcore fans may figure it out, but it helps compartmentalize their career by keeping boundaries between different genres/categories.

It's probably a good move both in creating a working portfolio (ie Steve West can point YA authors/publishers/producers in the direction of his Steve West books without his steamier Shane East books in the mix) AND as kind of a stop-gap preventative measure for younger listeners.

Also, sometimes readers really cross boundaries. Sebastian York has a lot of really intense fans who love him because of his voice. I've seen some comments that are..... let's say "questionable in taste" directed toward him. It can be easy to form a parasocial relationship with someone who sounds like they're reading a story TO YOU, especially those that are sexy. Some narrators and authors are just more private and like to have a buffer between their personal and private lives. That's all.

[Lauren]

Has anyone discovered the other pseudonyms of Zachary Webber? Other than Jacob Morgan of course.

[TinaNoir]

I just listened to a sample of a Tessa Dare book When a Scot Ties the Knot which is narrated by Carmen Rose. And I will eat my hair if she is not also Heather Wilds who narrates Anna Lee Huber's Lady Darby mysteries.

[Ezi]

I wonder if there will be an audiobook component to book signings so we can meet our favorite narrator. I recently met Aidan Snow in Dallas and he was really nice.

[Jonetta]

That’s a GREAT idea! Maybe we could leave messages with publishers and authors suggesting as much.

[ButtonsMom2003]

I just discovered this discussion and I'm sorry to see that it no longer seems to be active. I read and listen to mostly M/M books but I also listen to M/F.

I'd like to know if anyone recognizes the voice of Mark James. doing a search for his name on Audible brings back all kind of other names. Here is a link to an M/M title. If I could find other work he has done I wouldn't care what genre it is.

https://www.audible.com/pd/His-Americ...

I have a few favorite narrators who have publicly disclosed their pseudonyms:
Joe Jameson is also Hamish Long and I think he is also James Joseph
John Solo is also Jack Wayne (I think for non-MM)
Joel Leslie uses Joel Froomkin for YA and non-MM books. He has stated publicly that he dis this so that young people searching for Joel Foomkin won't find his more explicit work when searching.
Michael Dean is also Michael Pauley. I think he is now doing all of his MM work as Michael Dean but there are still some Michael Pauley MM titles out there on Audible.

I read through this whole discussion and learned so much. Thank you to all who posted.

[Christina T]

ButtonsMom2003 wrote: "I just discovered this discussion and I'm sorry to see that it no longer seems to be active. I read and listen to mostly M/M books but I also listen to M/F.

I'd like to know if anyone recognizes t..."

I just recently started reading M/M romances but haven't fallen down the audio rabbit hole with them yet so I don't recognize the narrators you mentioned. I am hoping to get to some by the end of the year though.

[Apex]

Anyone know if Austin Stone has another name? He’s great but only found 5 books for him?

Thanks

[Jonetta]

Not heard of this narrator but assume it’s a pseudonym.

[Gabriella]

Apex wrote: "Anyone know if Austin Stone has another name? He’s great but only found 5 books for him?

Thanks"

Hi! Check out post 151 by Vida...he/she thinks it could be Leland King.
They sound similar, but I'm not sure...

[ElaineY]

Tristan James, who narrates MM romance under that name, does non-fiction under Stephen Graybill. You can find several in Audible.com.

[Christina T]

Ezi wrote: "I wonder if there will be an audiobook component to book signings so we can meet our favorite narrator. I recently met Aidan Snow in Dallas and he was really nice."

I just listened to my first Aiden Snow and I'm in lust with his voice. was so good and had dual narration with him and Virginia Rose. I'm absolutely going to find more books with his narration to listen to.

[KathyB]

Christina T wrote: "Ezi wrote: "I wonder if there will be an audiobook component to book signings so we can meet our favorite narrator. I recently met Aidan Snow in Dallas and he was really nice."

I just listened to ..."

I enjoyed that audiobook (Sweetheart), the narration was great.

[Tiffany]

I know I've listened to books with Will Damron's voice, that I can't find under his name. But my scouring of the internet doesn't seem to indicate a pseudonym associated with him. Anyone have more info?