Cassandra Campbell is an American narrator of over 900 audiobooks. She has won four Audie Awards from the Audio Publishers Association and has been a finalist for several more. She has also earned numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile, who named her a Golden Voice Narrator. In 2018, she was inducted into Audible’s Narrator Hall of Fame.
Literary Hub called her "an oral shapeshifter," saying, "her versatility, her emotional intelligence, and her resonant voice make her a much sought-after narrator."
Biography Campbell's "mother was a drama teacher and her father was a theater critic."
Prior to narrating audiobooks, Campbell taught in the theater department at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
Awards and honors In 2018, Campbell was inducted into Audible’s Narrator Hall of Fame, and in June 2021, AudioFile named her a Golden Voice narrator, their "lifetime achievement honor for audiobook narrators."
Awards +Awards for Campbell's workYearAudiobookAwardResultRef.2006Cloud Atlas by David MitchellAudie Award for Literary Fiction or ClassicsFinalist2009 by Kathryn StockettListen-Up Award for FictionFinalist2010Double Minds by Terri BlackstockAudie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and NonfictionFinalist by Kathryn StockettAudie Award for FictionWinnerAudie Award for Distinguished Achievement in ProductionWinner2011Abigail Adams by Woody HoltonAudie Award for Biography or MemoirFinalistDreamdark Silksinger by Lani TaylorAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsTop 10 by Rebecca SklootAudie Award for NonfictionWinner2012Emily and Einstein by Linda Francis LeeAudie Award for Literary Fiction or ClassicsFinalistYou Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan FallonAudie Award for Short Stories or CollectionsFinalist2013Juliet in August by Dianne WarrenAudie Award for Best Female NarratorFinalistWelcome To Bordertown, edited by Holly Black and Ellen KushnerAudie Award for Short Stories or CollectionsFinalist by Claire MessudListen-Up Award for Audiobook of the YearFinalistListen-Up Award for Audiobook Narrator of the YearFinalistListen-Up Award for FictionFinalist2014He’s Gone by Deb CalettiAudie Award for MysteryFinalist2015Life Drawing by Robin BlackAudie Award for Solo Narration--FemaleFinalist2016 by Joyce Carol OatesAudie Award for Solo Narration--FemaleFinalist2017America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura KamoieAudie Award for FictionFinalistSmall Great Things by Jodi PicoultAudie Award for Multi-Voiced PerformanceWinnerWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiAudie Award for Autobiography or MemoirFinalist2019And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick NessAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsSelection2020Charlotte’s Web by E. B. WhiteAudie Award for Audiobook of the YearFinalistAudie Award for Middle Grade TitleWinnerNevertheless We Persisted: Me Too by Em Jae et al.Audie Award for Original WorkFinalist2022 by Alison CochrunAudie Award for RomanceFinalist
"Best of" lists Campbell's narrations have frequently landed on lists naming the best audiobooks of the year.
In 2017, Booklist included Campbell's narrations of George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo and Jessica Shattuck's The Women in the Castle on their "Audio Stars for Adults" list. The following year, they included Lincoln in the Bardo on their Listen List for Outstanding Audio Narration.
In 2019, Booklist included Campbell's narration of Delia Owens's Where the Crawdads Sing on their "Audio Stars for Adults" list. +Best audiobooks of the yearYearAudiobookOrganizationCategoryRef.2009Half Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn AudioFileContemporary Culture by Kathryn StockettAudioFileFiction & ClassicsLucky Breaks by Susan PatronAudioFileChildren by Erica BauermeisterAudioFileFiction2010Brava, Valentine by Adriana TrigianiAudioFileFictionJuliet by Anne FortierAudioFileFiction2011 by Kelly Traver and Betty Kelly SargentAudioFilePersonal Growth2012Juliet in August by Dianne WarrenAudioFileFictionLucky for Good by Susan PatronALSCChildren'sMoon Over Manifest by Clare VanderpoolALSCChildren's2014Life Drawing by Robin BlackAudioFileFiction by Leslye Walton AudioFileYoung Adult Vatican Waltz by Roland MerulloAudioFileFiction2015 by Joyce Carol OatesAudioFileBiography & Memoir2016When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiAudioFileMemoir2017 by Nina RiggsAudioFileMemoir by Sally Mott FreemanAudioFileBiography & HistoryLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersBooklistAdultLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersBooklistHistorical Fiction by Lindsey Lee JohnsonPublishers WeeklyFiction by Jessica ShattuckBooklistAdult2018BooklistWomen's Fiction2019Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensBooklistFirst NovelsBooklistWomen's Fiction by Jessica ShattuckBooklistHistorical Fiction2020Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensBooklistBook-Group Audiobooks
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