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Gene Engene is an award-winning reader with an astounding catalog of audiobooks to his credit. He is best known as J.P. Beaumont in the J.A. Jance mystery series. Gene is a veteran stage actor, director, and is a retired Professor of Drama at Eastern Washington University.
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Kris Faulkner is a broadcast professional with over 20 years experience in media. She enjoys using her voice to bring books to life and has recorded a plethora of audiobooks including the Bitterbynde fantasy series. |
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Heath Kizzier with two decades of acting, has appeared on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Murder She Wrote, and for three years was Dr. Josh Logan on The Young and the Restless. He played the title role in They Call Me Trinity--The Next Generation, and played alongside Kevin Costner in Wyatt Earp. |
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Reed McColm is an actor and writer living in the Pacific Northwest. He is the author of the award-winning plays Together Again for the First Time, and the 9/11 drama Hole in the Sky. |
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After military service and a brief teaching stint, Rusty Nelson set out to become a sportscaster. Thirty years in radio across Georgia, Minnesota, and Washington has seen him as a news director, disc jockey and general announcer. Rusty and his wife keep a small goat herd and do social justice work in Spokane. He has recorded over 100 books for Books In Motion. |
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Gregory Papst has been a corporate trainer, actor, motivational speaker and voice specialist for over twenty-five years. An avid fly fisher and black powder hunter, he rates Louis L'Amour among his favorite authors. Greg, his wife and three daughters live on a mountain top near Spokane, Washington. |
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Juanita Parker is a veteran of stage, film, radio and TV. She can be heard on book recordings spanning the last decade. She continues to enjoy recording books on tape while pursuing a nursing career. |
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Jerry Sciarrio has performed in seven countries on four continents during 21 years with a touring theater company. He brings his vast drama experience to over 50 audiobooks, including science fiction, westerns and mysteries. |
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Terry Rose has been an on-air talent, both radio and television, in Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Sacramento. He is a featured actor in over 135 Imagination Theatre productions, airing regularly on XM Satellite Radio as well as hundreds of conventional radio stations, worldwide. He plays the title role in all the `Kincaid the Strangeseeker' investigative reporter mysteries, and he has written a dozen of those mysteries, as well. Terry has his own studio and production company, and has been the spokesperson for Microsoft, Boeing, Ford Motor Company and NASA, among many others. He counts the roles of Scrooge in `A Christmas Carol' and Selsdon Mowbray in `Noises Off' as two of his favorites in his on stage theatre repertoire, and delights in reading/acting novels for Books in Motion. |
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Rebecca Cook resides in the Spokane area as an actress/director/costumer/make-up artist & stage manager with several theatres & production companies throughout the region. After working in radio for several years, she now uses her voice teaching stage make-up courses at Eastern Washington University and North Idaho College, as well as commercial voice-overs, local documentaries &, of course, audiobooks. |
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Jack Sondericker is a retired Baptist minister living in Oak Harbor, Washington. He has recorded more than 80 novels, short stories and essays for Books In Motion since 1986, and has, he says, "thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it." |
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Ron Varela is an accomplished actor in Spokane, Washington with credits including plays, TV ads and a sought-after commodity for voice-work. He played Harry S. Truman in the one-man show “Give ‘em Hell, Harry” at The Met. |
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Cameron Beierle has a career of over 25 years in professional media including international broadcasting. Heard on the east and west coasts of the United States and Canada, he is best known for his multi-voiced characterizations in fantasy and science fiction novels. |
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Andrea Bates career has spanned three decades on the stage and behind the microphone. Beginning as a musical theater professional based in New York, she toured with Broadway companies like A Chorus Line, Phantom of the Opera, and South Pacific with Robert Goulet. She also held coveted roles in off-Broadway productions such as Beehive, and even worked the cruise ship circuit "back when the boats were small!" After retiring from the road, she developed her voice acting skills in the studio doing countless radio and TV commercials, then became the recognizable face in many commercials for companies ranging from Comcast to the Spokane Symphony. Her recent film credits include the Art of Breaking Up, The Family Holiday and Home of the Brave. Ms. Bates thanks her "fans" for making it possible to record more books for you! |
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Stephanie Brush is a mulit-talented professional writer, singer and actress who has appeared in numerous stage productions and television commercials, and has recorded countless audio books for Books In Motion. |
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Kevin Foley is a veteran voice actor with over 30 years in radio, television, and freelance performing. He has been recording for Books In Motion for over 15 years with over 80 titles to his credit, as well as working as a producer and editor with the company for several years. His voice has been heard on hundreds of regional and national radio and television commercials, industrial videos and training modules. |
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Laurie Klein’s three-decade career in theatre arts includes numerous audiobooks, radio work, one-woman shows, plays, storytelling, directing, and teaching as well as readings of her own work, in the States and abroad. A grateful recipient of AudioFile’s Earphones award, she also lends her voice to several videos and spoken word/music CDs. |
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Beth Richmond is a classically trained actress, who earned an MFA in Dramatic Arts with an emphasis in text analysis from The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She has performed in countless productions on stage, as well as film and commercials. She especially enjoys audiobook narration because it combines her love of acting with her passion for books. “When I read a book I get to play all the parts from innocent little children to wise old men—and everything in between! What could be better?” |
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Kate Vita is an actor and visual artist. She has worked extensively in film, television and theatre - in front of the camera, on the stage and behind the scenes as a set designer and color stylist. She lives in Washington with her husband and two daughters. |
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Janean Jorgensen is an actress, singer, and musical theater nut. She hosts and produces the "Matinee" public radio program, online at BroadwayMatinee.com. This proud member of the Professional Organization of English Majors lives in Spokane with her husband and daughter. Janean is also a photographer, web designer, and sells doll accessories at PlayscaleMinis.com. |
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Jeffrey Kafer is a professional award-winning voice over artist from
Seattle. He has 20 years of theater experience and 2 degrees in
Broadcasting and Cinema from San Francisco State University. While he
has done work in commercials, narration, and animation for such
companies as Honda, AOL, and Capital One, his first love is narrating
audio books. For more information, visit his website at
http://JeffreyKafer.com
Jeff Kafer
Winner! Best New Voice - 2008 Voicey Awards
http://JeffreyKafer.com
Recent clients include: Honda, BrightHouse Networks, AOL, Capital One,
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John Pruden is a professional voice actor who performed his first voiceover in 1995. He has sung competitively at the International level as part of an a capella ensemble, currently performs on stage as a member of the comedy improv troupe, Wit & Will, and teaches introductory voice acting classes across the country. Through his own voiceover company, Voice Acting With Character in Upstate New York, John records audiobooks, corporate and online training narrations, animation and video game characters, as well as radio and TV commercials. |
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Phoebe Zimmermann is a Professional Voice Actress and Vocal Director living in Los Angeles and working all over the world. Her voice can be heard in all mediums- television, radio, the internet, and even the Space Station- and she enjoys a distinguished career as a Radio Producer & Host.
www.phoebezimmermann.com |
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Milton Bagby is a veteran radio and television voiceover talent. An original member of Nashville's renowned Actors Bridge Ensemble, Milton has played in everything on stage from Greek tragedy to Steve Martin comedies, as well as having done a turn or two in independent films. Milton has written or edited three non-fiction books and his byline has appeared on dozens of national and regional magazine articles. Is there a work of fiction in Milton's future? "If so, " he says, "I know who will narrate it." |
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John Hough has a wealth of activities and experiences in his life to draw on, he served six years in the US Navy in locations such as El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Djibouti Africa and various locals in and around the Persian Gulf. He was also a police officer; he was educated to teach secondary education in Political Science and History; became a leader in Marketing and Sales for United Airlines and Happy Vacations and traveled to areas such as Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, the entire Caribbean and Mexico in that capacity. John and Tina, his wife of 31 years, have four children, ten grand children and two Labrador retrievers and now live happily as the proud owners of The Roosevelt Inn and Spa, once his old elementary school in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. | 
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Dave Courvoisier is
a renaissance guy. His interests run far and wide, and sometimes run
amuck. Above all, Dave enjoys his family. He has 3 daughters, 21,
18, and 15…and he’s been married to their mother for 26 years.
Dave
enjoys writing, storytelling, and racquetball, and somewhere in the
midst of all that, he anchors 3 evening newscasts at the CBS
affiliated TV station in Las Vegas, NV – KLAS, Channel-8. He’s
been working as an anchor/reporter for many years, and has
distinguished himself with an Emmy and many other local and national
awards for his work with disadvantaged children. He currently serves
on the board of directors of Boys Town, NV, The Adoption Exchange,
Court Appointed Special Advocates, and Mt. States Group.
Dave
works as a voice-actor on many projects from his private studio in
his own home. He prefers long-format narrations, and constantly
works to hone his craft.
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