And the Winners Are....
(McLean, VA)—At a black-tie gala in Washington, D.C. on May 19, the Audio Publishers Association (APA) recognized their peers at the annual The Audies® award ceremony. Each year, the audio publishing industry honors publishers with a crystal Audie statue, the only completely juried awards program covering audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.
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The Harry Potter Audiobook Series
COMPACT DISCS & CASSETTES
Publisher: Listening Library
Author: J.K. Rowling
Narrator: Jim Dale
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary Phase
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: The Audio Partners Publishing Company and BBC Audiobook America
Author: Douglas Adams
Narrator: BBC Radio
Executive Producer: Bruce Hyman
Producer: Dirk Maggs
Director: Dirk Maggs
Abridgement: adapted by Dirk Maggs
Jacket Design: Frazer Irving
El Codigo Da Vinci
Publisher: FonoLibro Inc.
Author: Dan Brown
Narrator: Raul Amundaray
Executive Producer: Arquimedes Rivero Jr.
Producer: Arquimedes Rivero Jr.
Director: Jorge A. Rivero
Jacket Design: Gilberto Finol
Q&A
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
Author: Vikas Swarup
Narrator: Kerry Shale
Executive Producer: Rosalie George
Producer: Peter Rinne
Director: Peter Rinne
Sound Editing: Peter Rinne
Abridgment: Kati Nicholl
Jacket Design: Cover artwork by Studio Eric Wondergem; Hand lettering by Mark Stutzman; Cover design by Kari Niles
A Slight Trick of the Mind
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: HighBridge Audio
Author: Mitch Cullin
Narrator: Simon Jones
Producer: Paul Ruben
Director: Paul Ruben
Sound Editing: John Marshall Sound
Jacket Design: Adapted by Nick Johnson
Serpent on the Crown
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Author: Elizabeth Peters
Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat
Executive Producer: Rick Harris
Director: Rick Harris
Sound Editing: Lance Neal
Abridgment: Dana Smilie
Jacket Design: Richard Aquan
Origin in Death
COMPACT DISCS - MP3 CD - CASSETTES
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Author: Nora Robert, Writing as J. D. Robb
Narrator: Susan Ericksen
Executive Producer: Max Bloomquist
Director: Susan Mackewich
Sound Editing: Gizmo Post
Jacket Design: Cover design © George Cornell
Around the World in 80 Days
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: Listening Library
Author: Jules Verne
Narrator: Jim Dale
Executive Producer: Brian Smith
Producer: John Colucci
Director: Brian Smith
Abridgment: Unabridged
Luckiest Man
COMPACT DISCS - CASSETTES
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Author: Jonathan Eig
Narrator: Edward Herrmann
Producer: Kelly Gildea
Director: Kelly Gildea
Sound Editing: Frog Pond Productions
Abridgment: Peter Michalos
Jacket Design: Mark DiGiovanni, Terry Romero
The World is Flat
COMPACT DISCS - CASSETTES
Publisher: Audio Renaissance
Author: Thomas Friedman
Narrator: Oliver Wyman
Executive Producer: Laura Wilson
Producer: Paul Ruben
Director: Paul Ruben
Jacket Design: Illustration © 1996 Corbis; Original image courtesy of NASA/CORBIS
| PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT / MOTIVATIONAL |
The Five Love Languages
COMPACT DISCS - MP3 CDs - CASSETTES
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Author: Dr. Gary Chapman
Narrator: Dr. Gary Chapman
Executive Producer: Carolyn Shaw
Producer: Domain Communications
Director: Mark Dunn
Sound Editing: Mark Dunn
Jacket Design: Kyle Zehr
Garlic and Sapphires
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: Random House Audio
Author: Ruth Reichl
Narrator: Ruth Reichl
Executive Producer: Sherry Huber
Producer: Louis Milgrom
Director: Sherry Huber
Sound Editing: Louis Milgrom
Abridgment: Lynn Lauber
| BUSINESS INFORMATION / EDUCATIONAL |
Good to Great
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Author: Jim Collins
Narrator: Jim Collins
Executive Producer: Rick Harris
Producer: Judy Byers
Director: Judy Byers
Sound Editing: Lance Neal
Jacket Design: Chin-Yee Lin
Market Forces
COMPACT DISCS - MP3 CDs
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Author: Richard K. Morgan
Narrator: Simon Vance
Executive Producer: Kevin Colebank
Director: Laura Colebank
Sound Editing: James Cookson
Jacket Design: Allen Colebank
| CHILDREN'S TITLES FOR AGES UP TO 8 |
Arnie the Doughnut
Publisher: Weston Woods Studios
Author: Laurie Keller
Narrator: Michael McKean
Executive Producer: Linda Lee
Producers: Paul R. Gagne, Melissa Reilly, and Daniel Ivanick
Director: Daniel Ivanick
Sound Editing: Steve Syarto and Paul R. Gagne
Jacket Design: Laurie Keller
| CHILDREN'S TITLES FOR AGES 8+ |
Star of Kazan
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Author: Eva Ibbotson
Narrator: Patricia Connolly
Producer: Claudia Howard
Director: Dru Sussman
Sound Editing: Greta Byrum
Upstate
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: Audio Renaissance
Author: Kalisha Buckhanon
Narrators: Chadwick Boseman and Heather Simms
Executive Producer: Laura Wilson
Producer: Laura Wilson
Director: Garet Scott
Sound Editing: Kessler Media
| INSPIRATIONAL / SPIRITUAL |
Finding God in Unexpected Places
COMPACT DISCS - MP3 CD - CASSETTES
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Author: Philip Yancey
Narrator: Mel Foster
Executive Producer: Max Bloomquist
Director: Jim Bond
Sound Editing: Matthew Christilaw
Jacket Design: Cover design by Kathleen Di Grado
| INSPIRATIONAL / FAITH-BASED FICTION |
Grace Will Lead Me Home
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Author: Katherine Valentine
Narrator: John McDonough
Producer: Claudia Howard
Director: Johanna Parker
Sound Editing: Jenny Selig
Jacket Design: Will Lee
The Truth (With Jokes)
COMPACT DISCS - MP3 CD - CASSETTES
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Author: Al Franken
Narrator: Al Franken
Executive Producer: Max Bloomquist
Producer: Paul Ruben
Sound Editing: John Marshall Studios
Jacket Design: Cover photography by Jan Cobb
| SHORT STORIES / COLLECTIONS |
Runaway
COMPACT DISCS - CASSETTES
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Author: Alice Munro
Narrator: Kymberly Dakin
Executive Producer: Daniel Hypes
Producer: Mind’s Eye Productions
Director: William Dufris
Sound Editing: Deborah Duffy
Jacket Design: Carol Devine Carson
Famous Composers
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ltd.
Author: Darren Henley
Narrator: Marin Alsop recorded at Room With a View
Producer: Nicolas Soames
Director: Nicolas Soames
Sound Editing: Sarah Butcher
Jacket Design: Cover art by Hannah Davies; CD-ROM designed by Arthur Ka Wai Jenkins
Moby-Dick
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ltd.
Author: Herman Melville
Narrator: William Hootkins
Producer: Nicolas Soames
Director: Nicolas Soames
Sound Editing: Sarah Butcher
Jacket Design: Hannah Davies
A Breath of Snow and Ashes
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Narrator: Davina Porter
Producer: Claudia Howard
Director: Kathleen Gormley
Sound Editing: John Nebel
| NARRATION BY AUTHOR OR AUTHORS |
The Tender Bar
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: Hyperion AudioBooks
Author: J.R. Moehringer
Narrator: J.R. Moehringer
Executive Producer: Maja Thomas
Producer: John Runnette
Production Supervisor: Linda Ross-Korn
Director: John Runnette
Sound Editing: We're Rolling Productions
Abridgment: John McElroy
Jacket Design: Mike Joyce
The Sherlock Holmes Theatre
COMPACT DISCS - MP3 CD - CASSETTES
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Authors: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William Gillette, Yuri Rasovsky
Narrators: Martin Jarvis, Kristoffer Tabori, Tony Jay, Dwight Schultz, Jane Carr and Full Cast
Executive Producer: Craig Black
Producer: Yuri Rasovsky
Director: Yuri Rasovsky
Sound Editing: John Baker
Jacket Design: Yuri Rasovsky
Raymond and Hannah
COMPACT DISCS - CASSETTES
Publisher: HighBridge Audio
Author: Stephen Marche
Narrators: Ensemble Cast: Kathleen McInerney (Hannah); David Ledoux (Raymond); Oliver Wyman (Narrator); Mara Demay-Lawler (Jenn); Alan Winson (Rabbi Katz); Rebecca Honig (Deborah); Paula Parker (Narrator); Tara Sands (Lara)
Producer: Paul Ruben
Director: Paul Ruben
Sound Editing: John Marshall Sound
Jacket Design: Adapted by Christopher Marble
| AUDIOBOOK ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM |
Hidden Kitchens
COMPACT DISCS
Publisher: Audio Renaissance
Author: Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva
Narrators: Frances Madwoman, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva
Executive Producers: The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva) and Mark Thompson
Producers: The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva) with Jay Allison and Jim McKee and NPR
Director: The Kitchen Sisters
Sound Editing: The Kitchen Sisters and Jim McKee
Abridgement: The Kitchen Sisters
Jacket Design: Adapted from Cover Design
The Hiding Place
COMPACT DISCS - CASSETTES
Publisher: Tunable / Focus on the Family
Author: Corrie ten Boom
Narrator: Full Cast
Executive Producer: Dave Arnold
Producer: Dave Arnold
Director: Philip Lassoer
Sound Editing: Nathan Jones and GAP Digital
Abridgment: Dave Arnold
Jacket Design: Beau Enders
| ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION |
At the Back of the North Wind
COMPACT DISCS - CASSETTES
Publisher: Tunable / Focus on the Family
Author: George MacDonald
Narrator: Full Cast
Executive Producer: Dave Arnold
Producer: Dave Arnold
Director: Norman Stone
Sound Editing: GAP Digital
Abridgment: Murray Watts and Philip Lassoer
Jacket Design:Beau Enders and Layne Johnson
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