when i was 11 years old i sent a cassette tape to an address i found at the back of a magazine advertising auditions to narrate audiobooks. i chose a selection from Dandelion Wine. i was not hired.
at about this same time i stowed a cupcake in my knit hat walking home from school. crumbs for days.
zip forward several decades. you can find me in my home studio. i now narrate and produce audiobooks for a living. i’ve narrated over 150 titles, received an Audie Award for Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala, have multiple Earphones Awards, Audie finalist nods for A Time to Die and Burnt Tongues (narrating and co-Producing), and was nominated for a SOVAS award for my narration of Moby Dick. In 2022 I narrated “The Honeys” by Ryan La Sala which won the ALA’s 2023 Odyssey Award. I have narrated for Dreamscape, Scholastic, Blackstone, PRH, Harper, Macmillan, and others.
i no longer wear cupcakes in my hair.
favorite genres include YA, classics, and nonfiction.
https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audiobookindustry/pete-cross/