2013 Audie Winners

On May 30, the Audio Publishers Association(APA) announced the winners of the 2013 Audie Awards, which recognize excellence in spoken-word entertainment.

AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR
The End of the Affair
By Graham Greene
Read by Colin Firth
Audible, Inc.

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Dracula
By Bram Stoker
Read by Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley, Simon Prebble, James Adams, Nicola Barber, Victor Villar-Hauser, and Marc Vietor
Audible, Inc.

AUDIO DRAMA
Swordspoint
By Ellen Kushner
Read by Ellen Kushner and a full cast including Dion Graham, Katherine Kellgren, Robert Fass, Nick Sullivan,
Simon Jones, Sam Guncler and Anne Bobby
SueMedia Productions for Neil Gaiman Presents (ACX)

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The Seamstress
By Sara Tuvel Bernstein, Louise Loots Thornton and Marlene Bernstein Samuels
Read by Wanda McCaddon
Tantor Media

BUSINESS/EDUCATIONAL
Spy the Lie
By Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, Susan Carnicero and Don Tennant
Read by Fred Berman
Macmillan Audio

CHILDREN’S TITLES FOR AGES 8-12
Same Sun Here
By Silas House and Neela Vaswani
Read by Silas House and Neela Vaswani
Brilliance Audio

CHILDREN’S TITLES FOR AGES UP TO 8
The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case
By Alexander McCall Smith
Read by Adjoa Andoh
Listening Library

CLASSIC
Dombey and Son
By Charles Dickens
Read by Charlton Griffin
Audio Connoisseur

FANTASY
Anita
By Keith Roberts
Read by Nicola Barber
Audible, Inc.

FICTION
The Handmaid’s Tale
By Margaret Atwood
Read by Claire Danes
Audible, Inc.

HISTORY
The Wrecking Crew
By Kent Hartman
Read by Dan John Miller
Tantor Media

HUMOR
I Suck at Girls
By Justin Halpern
Read by Sean Schemmel
HarperAudio

INSPIRATIONAL/FAITH-BASED FICTION
The Good Dream
By Donna VanLiere
Read by Donna VanLiere
Macmillan Audio

INSPIRATIONAL/FAITH-BASED NON-FICTION
Fearless
by Eric Blehm
Read by Paul Michael
eChristian

LITERARY FICTION
Bring Up the Bodies
By Hilary Mantel
Read by Simon Vance
Macmillan Audio

MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE
Dracula
By Bram Stoker
Read by Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley, Simon Prebble, James Adams, Nicola Barber, Victor Villar-Hauser, and Marc Vietor
Audible, Inc.

MYSTERY
The Beautiful Mystery
By Louise Penny
Read by Ralph Cosham
Macmillan Audio

NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR or AUTHORS
Society’s Child: My Autobiography
By Janis Ian
Read by Janis Ian
Audible, Inc.

NON-FICTION
Breasts
By Florence Williams
Read by Kate Reading
Tantor Media

ORIGINAL WORK
Gun Church
By Reed Farrel Coleman
Read by Joe Barrett and John Keating
Audible, Inc.

PACKAGE DESIGN
On the Night You Were Born
By Nancy Tillman
Read by Orlagh Cassidy
Designed by Margo Goody
Macmillan Audio

PARANORMAL
Spellbound
By Larry Correia
Read by Bronson Pinchot
Audible, Inc.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Tao of Pooh
By Benjamin Hoff
Read by Simon Vance
Tantor Media

ROMANCE
The Witness
By Nora Roberts
Read by Julia Whelan
Brilliance Audio

SCIENCE FICTION
The Age of Miracles
By Karen Thompson Walker
Read by Emily Rankin
Random House Audio

SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS
Astray
By Emma Donoghue
Read by Khristine Hvam, James Langton, Robert Petkoff, Suzanne Toren and Dion Graham
Hachette Audio

SOLO NARRATION–FEMALE
Katherine Kellgren
The Boy in the Suitcase
By Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis
AudioGO

SOLO NARRATION–MALE
Edoardo Ballerini
Beautiful Ruins
By Jess Walter
HarperAudio

SPECIAL AWARD SALES ACHIEVEMENT
Fifty Shades of Grey
By EL James
Read by Becca Battoe
Random House Audio

TEENS
The Fault in Our Stars
By John Green
Read by Kate Rudd
Brilliance Audio

THRILLER/SUSPENSE
Red, White, and Blood
By Christopher Farnsworth
Read by Bronson Pinchot
Blackstone Audio, Inc.

A Special Achievement Award was also presented to Bob and Debra Deyan of Deyan Audio