About Jessie Garcia
Jessie Garcia is an award-winning sports journalist who has risen the ranks in television news, first as an anchor/reporter, then to newsroom management. She is the News Director at the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee. Her non-fiction books My Life with the Green and Gold: Tales from 20 Years of Sportscasting and Going for Wisconsin Gold: Stories of our State Olympians won Midwest Book Awards, and her documentary Leaps and Bounds: The Men Who Changed Track and Field was featured in over a dozen film festivals. She also taught journalism at four universities. A native of Madison, WI, Jessie has two adult sons and resides in Milwaukee with her husband, dog and cat.
About Andrew Eiden
Andrew Eiden has been narrating audiobooks since his first title in 2012. An eclectic story teller and broadly talented actor, his narration spans nearly every genre from Disney children’s books like Frozen, literary works by Jack Kerouac as well as award winning non-fiction works. He has over one thousand audiobooks under his belt, many performed under his much spicier romance/erotica pseudonym: Teddy Hamilton. A staple name in romance audio, he has contributed his voice to books from best selling independent and published authors alike in nearly all sub-genres of the Romance craft.
About Dylan Reilly Fitzpatrick
A proudly queer artist, Dylan is a passionate narrator with a deep, abiding love for intricate character work. They bring a distinct voice to each piece they work on, always ensuring that not only is the narration tailored to the author’s voice, but that each character voice within, has it’s own unique sound. Having spent much of their career steeped in theatre and traditional voiceover, Dylan has a knack for bringing vibrant energy to all their work, regardless of genre.Additionally, their work won them inclusion in the Deadline Award’s “Trailblazer Cohort”, and their first solo-narrated work, “Go Luck Yourself” by Sara Raasch, was named an Apple Music Must Listen.As a narrator, Dylan is most inspired by the depth of character that is afforded by audiobooks as a medium. A lover of fantasy, science fiction, and all manner of romance, Dylan loves bringing bizarre worlds and heightened situations to life, grounding and infusing them with humanity and vulnerability.
About Fred Berman
Fred Berman is a five-time winner of the AudioFile Earphone Award for Audiobook Narration and the recipient of the 2013 Audie Award for narration in Spy the Lie. He has read a number of audiobooks for young listeners, including Judy Blume’s Soupy Saturdays with The Pain & The Great One and Andrew Clements’s The Last Holiday Concert. He has also narrated the audiobooks for Robert Kirkman’s popular series, The Walking Dead.Berman is an accomplished actor of both the stage and screen as well, performing on Broadway as Timon in The Lion King and off-Broadway in Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and King Lear. On television, Berman has had roles on NBC’s hit series Smash as well as All My Children and Law and Order. He lives in New York City.
About Gail Shalan
Gail Shalan (she/her) is a NYC-based storyteller on screen, stage, behind the mic, and with puppets.A 2024 two-time Audie Award winner ( Best Young Adult and Best Middle Grade), as well as a multiple Earphones Award winner, praised by The New York Times, Library Journal, Vulture Magazine, Booklist, and Audiofile, she’s narrated 200+ titles.Gail has performed on stage at The Bristol Old Vic, Cherry Lane Theatre, St. Ann’s Warehouse, and other various theater spaces across the US and UK.Her work as both an actor and a puppeteer was featured in the award-winning short film Coyote Girl (BostonIFF Best Short).Known for her dexterity with character and dialects, her tangibly emotional reads, and her deep respect for the text, Gail is passionate about stories that center generational healing and mental health, that navigate the sticky spaces between childhood and adulthood, and stories that ask who am “I”? Who are “we”? And what swells in the space between us, what dwells in the space within us? For that’s where the greatest discoveries and curiosities lie.For more follow her on socials @grshalan and check out www.gailshalan.com
About Jennifer Pickens
Jennifer Pickens is an Earphones Award–winning narrator of over 100 titles. She has been a storyteller since childhood, creating characters to inhabit, and acting out their adventures. A lifelong bookworm, it was her love of books that led to voice acting. Believing that stories can create change and teach empathy, Jennifer crafts honest performances that create an intimate connection between the listener and the text.
About Kimberly M. Wetherell
A 2024 Audie Finalist and multiple Earphones Award-winning narrator, Kimberly M. Wetherell is a kaleidoscopic storyteller with a multifaceted history. Florida-grown and Brooklyn-cured, her journey to engage and inspire, be it as an actor, director, writer, or producer, has taken her around the world, working in a variety of mediums—opera, theatre, film, and literature—giving voice to smart, strong, not-so-silent types.In her work, just as in life, Kimberly refuses to be hemmed in by a single genre. In more than 100 audiobooks to date, her passion for vivid, cinematic storytelling can be heard in the abject terror of a twelve-year-old running from an avalanche, the awkward fumbling of a geeky teen’s first kiss, or the villainous glee of a serial killer that not even Jessica Fletcher saw coming. Her obsession with languages and dialects, combined with her keen musical ear, brings authenticity to characters from Paris, France to Paris, Texas and all points in-between.In short, she’s manic-pixie quirk, slathered in GenX snark, dusted with ebullient bookishness, and boy howdy, does she have a story to tell you.
About Tim Campbell
Tim Campbell is the Audie, Voice Arts, Independent Audiobook, and AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator of over 1,000 audiobooks. He also sings professionally with the Grammy Award-winning LA Master Chorale and Los Angeles Opera, as well as on TV and film scores such as Star Wars IX, Superman, Venom, and many others.He is most known for his versatile and varied characters and facility with accents and dialects. He's constantly inspired by the kindness and generosity of the audiobook community and is exceptionally grateful for the support of his wonderful family and friends.