The Audies Awards 2001

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And The Audie Award goes to…


The Audies Awards 2001, a black tie gala where the Audio Publishers Association (APA) recognized their peers at the annual award ceremony. A crystal Audie statue is presented unto the honored publishers of the night.

The Audies Awards 2001 Winners

Fiction, Abridged

Raveling

Publisher: Time Warner AudioBooks

Author: Peter Moore Smith

Narrator: Eric Stoltz

Fiction, Unabridged

Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
Publisher: BDD Audio

Author: Tom Robbins

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Mystery, Fiction

The Naked Detective

Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC

Author: Laurence Shames

Narrator: Ron McLarty

Classic, Fiction

The Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham, Vol. 1

Publisher: Audio Connoisseur
Author: William Somerset Maugham

Narrator: Charlton Griffin

Non-Fiction, Abridged

The Times of My Life and My Life with the Times

Publisher: Airplay

Author: Max Frankel

Narrator: Max Frankel

Non-fiction, Unabridged

The Measure of a Man

Publisher: Harper Audio

Author: Sidney Poitier
Narrator: Sidney Poitier

Personal Development (Self Help)

The Protein Power Lifeplan

Publisher: Time Warner AudioBooks

Author: Michael R. Eades, M.D. and Mary Don Eades, M.D.

Narrator: Michael R. Eades, M.D. and Mary Don Eades, M.D.

Business Information

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Publisher: Time Warner AudioBooks

Author: Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A

Narrator: Stephen Hoye

Educational and Training

Patton on Leadership

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Author: Alan Axelrod

Narrator: Bruce Winant and featuring Robert Foxworth

Children’s Titles For Ages 0-7

Ouch!

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Author: Natalie Babbitt, illustrated by Fred Marcellino

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Children’s Titles For Ages 8+

The Subtle Knife

Publisher: Listening Library / Random House

Author: Philip Pullman

Narrator: read by Philip Pullman and a full cast

Inspirational/Spiritual

It’s Not About the Bike

Publisher: HighBridge Company

Author: Lance Armstrong

Narrator: Oliver Wyman

Humor

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Author: Helen Fielding

Narrator: Tracie Bennett

Poetry

Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Poets Read Their Poetry

Publisher: Rhino Entertainment

Author: various artists

Narrator: various artists

Short Stories/Essays/Collections
Ten by Maugham

Publisher: KCRW

Author: W. Somerset Maugham

Narrator: read by a British cast

Original Work

The History of Theatre

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd.

Author: David Timson

Narrator: read by Derek Jacobi and cast

Solo Narration – Male

Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
Publisher: Listening Library / Random House

Author: J.K. Rowling

Narrator: Jim Dale

Solo Narration – Female

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Publisher: Harper Audio

Author: Zora Neale Hurston

Narrator: Ruby Dee

Solo Narration – Author or Authors

The Measure of a Man

Publisher: Harper Audio
Author: Sidney Poitier

Narrator: Sidney Poitier

Multi-Voiced Narration

Pay It Forward

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde

Narrators: Debra Monk, with Leland Gantt, Enid Graham, Michael McGlone, Liam Norton, Anne Pitoniak, Sharon Quinn, and Gordon Weiss

Multi-Voiced Presentation

Cakewalk

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works
Author: Peter Feibleman

Narrator: Elaine Stritch and Bruce Davison

Theatrical Performance

Agnes of God

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Author: John Pielmeier

Narrators: Barbara Bain, Emily Bergl, and Harriet Harris

Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium

Lost & Found Sound

Publisher: HighBridge Company
Produced by the Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson)

Audio, Licensed or Distributed

Typhoon

Publisher: originally published by HNP – Audio Partners Publishing Corp.

Author: Joseph Conrad

Narrator: Roger Allam

Package Design

The Polar Express (book and cassette)

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Author: Chris VanAllsburg
Narrator: Liam Neeson

Achievement and Innovation in Production

Too Dead To Swing

Publisher: Audio-Playwrights

Author: Hal Glatzer

Narrator: read by cast

Produced and directed by Patricia Childs

Music produced by Earl V. Spielman

Best New Publisher

Americana Publishing

Special Achievement Awards, selected by the APA Board of Directors, recognize individuals or organizations who have made outstanding contributions to building consumer awareness of audiobooks and to fostering the growth of the audiobook industry.

-Duval and Sigrid Hecht, co-founders of Books on Tape, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Books on Tape is one of the pioneers in the unabridged
audio field.

-Caedmon, which is celebrating 50 years in the business, was recognized as one of the pioneers of the industry and for the outstanding quality of their work.
The founders of Caedmon, Marianne Mantell and Barbara Holdridge, and HarperCollins, who purchased Caedmon, were recognized.

-Jenny Frost, President of Random House Audio Publishing Group, and Random House Diversified Publishing Group has been a leader in the audiobook field
through her tremendous service to the industry, the APA, and the Audie Awards.

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