The Audie Awards recognize the very best in the audiobook industry. They have multiple categories for narration, production and various genres. The winners were announced at Book Expo America and the ceremony will occur later this year.
Audio Drama
- Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories, Rudyard Kipling, read by Bill Bailey, Richard E. Grant, Colin Salmon, Tim McInnerny, Bernard Cribbins, Celia Imrie & Martin Shaw (Audible Studios)
Fantasy
- Nice Dragons Finish Last, Rachel Aaron, read by Vikas Adam (Audible Studios)
Middle Grade
- Echo, Pam Muñoz Ryan, read by Mark Bramhall, David de Vries, MacLeod Andrews & Rebecca Soler (Scholastic Audio)
Multi-Voiced Performance
- Illuminae, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, read by Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lincoln Hoppe & Jonathan McClain (Listening Library/Penguin Random House Audio)
Paranormal
- White Trash Zombie Gone Wild, Diana Rowland, read by Allison McLemore (Audible Studios)
Science Fiction
- Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, read by Scott Brick (Brilliance Audio)
Young Adult
- Lair of Dreams, Libba Bray, read by January LaVoy (Listening Library/Penguin Random House)
Young Listeners
- Little Shop of Monsters, R.L. Stine & Marc Brown, read by Jack Black (Hachette Audio)
Excellence in Design
- The Hunger Games Trilogy Collection, Suzanne Collins, design by Kathlyn Miller (Scholastic Audio)
Excellence in Marketing
- Locke & Key, Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez, read by Haley Joel Osment, Tatiana Maslany, Kate Mulgrew, and a full cast (Audible Studios)
Excellence in Production
- Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories, Rudyard Kipling, read by Bill Bailey, Richard E. Grant, Colin Salmon, Tim McInnerny, Bern
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
