The Audies Awards 2006

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And The Audie Award goes to…


Washington, D.C. hosted a black tie gala on May 19th, 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 2006 was held at the prestigious National Press Club and was a tremendous success. Award winning narrator, Grover Gardner hosted the Audies Awards 2006 and below are the winners by category.

The Audies Awards 2006

-Washington, D.C.

Hall of Fame Award

The Harry Potter Audiobook Series

Publisher: Listening Library

Author: J.K. Rowling

Narrator: Jim Dale

Audiobook of the Year
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary Phase

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America and The Audio Partners Publishing
Company

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

Judges Award: Spanish

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

Fiction, Abridged

Q&A

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

Fiction, Unabridged

A Slight Trick of the Mind

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

Mystery (Fiction)

Serpent on the Crown

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

Romance

Origin in Death
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

Classics

Around the World in 80 Days

Publisher: Listening Library

Author: Jules Verne

Narrator: Jim Dale

Executive Producer: Brian Smith

Producer: John Colucci
Director: Brian Smith

Abridgment: Unabridged

Non-Fiction, Abridged

Luckiest Man

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Author: Jonathan Eig

Narrator: Ed Herrmann

Producer: Kelly Gildea

Director: Kelly Gildea

Sound Editing: Frog Pond Productions

Abridgment: Peter Michalos

Jacket Design: Mark DiGiovanni, Terry Romero

Non-Fiction, Unabridged

The World is Flat

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

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

Biography/Memoir

Garlic and Sapphires

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

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

Science Fiction

Market Forces

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

Literary Fiction

Upstate

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
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

Humor

The Truth (With Jokes)

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

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

Original Work

Famous Composers

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

Solo Narration – Male

Moby-Dick

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ltd.

Author: Herman Melville

Narrator: William Hootkins

Producer: Nicolas Soames

Director: Nicolas Soames

Sound Editing: Sarah Butcher

Jacket Design: Hannah Davies

Solo Narration – Female

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

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

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

Audio Drama

The Sherlock Holmes Theatre

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

Multi-Voiced Performance

Raymond and Hannah

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

Publisher: Audio Renaissance

Author: Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva

Narrators: Frances McDormand, 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

Package Design

The Hiding Place
Publisher: Tyndale / Focus on the Family

Author: Corrie ten Boom

Narrator: Full Cast

Executive Producer: Dave Arnold

Producer: Dave Arnold

Director: Philip Glassborow

Sound Editing: Nathan Jones and GAP Digital

Abridgment: Dave Arnold

Jacket Design: Beau Henderson

Achievement in Production

At the Back of the North Wind

Publisher: Tyndale / 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 Glassborow

Jacket Design: Beau Henderson and Layne Johnson

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