![]() ![]() ![]() It’ll absolutely change the market - it already has - but we can coexist. Q: Do you think Artificial Intelligence (AI) will replace live narrated books?Ī: I choose to believe AI won’t replace human narration completely. You can take the girl out of Hollywood, etc. There’s probably a lesson to be learned here about not chewing the scenery, but I’ve stubbornly refused to learn it. I purposefully restrained my performance, not wanting to impose any interpretive choices on Tara’s very real story. I never thought I’d win best female narrator for a memoir because I wasn’t “acting,” per se. ![]() I have to give most of the credit to Tara and her amazing book. Q: How did it feel when you won the 2019 Audie Award for Best Female Narrator and Autobiography/Memoir for your narration of “Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover?Ī: It was obviously an incredible honor. Whelan will be co-hosting the half-time portion of Adventures by the Book’s “Super Book IV: A San Diego Adventure featuring 22 New York Times best-selling authors” with Allison Winn Scotch, on Feb. Her own books include “My Oxford Year” and “Thank You for Listening.” She’s considered one of the top narrators in the industry today. She has won many awards, including the Audie Award for Best Female Narrator of 2019 and won Audiofile Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Golden Voice Award in 2020. Whelan has narrated more than 400 audiobooks in different genres. If my instinctive response is, ‘I’d buy this from a bookstore,’ then I say yes.” “There isn’t time to read the book before deciding, so I have to base my decision on the synopsis. “A lot of it comes down to a gut feeling,” she said. “There are authors I’ve been working with for a decade whose books I prioritize, and there are audiobook producers who know my tastes so well that if they send something my way, I do everything I can to make it happen. “Usually, it just comes down to scheduling,” Whelan said. How does she select the book to bring to life through her voice? Julia Whelan is a bestselling author, a screenwriter, an actor, a Grammy-nominated audiobook director and an award-winning audiobook narrator. ![]()
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