Erin Bennett

What was the first audiobook you performed?

Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand (Hachette).

What title or series are you best known for?

The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand.

If a listener wanted to get to know your work, which of your audiobooks would you point them to?

The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
Fly Girls by Keith O’Brien
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
The Evolution of Annabel Craig by Lisa Grunwald
Couriers Outbound (The Wandering Inn) by pirateaba

Where else have we heard your voice?

1776 — Abigail Adams, BBC production
Commercials — Intel, Oakley, Disney Parks, Honda
Harmony Dolls — Andrews Sisters tribute band
Guild Wars 2 and WildStar — video games
Slinky Dog Dash, Disney World — Barbie

What do you always have in the booth?

Eos lip balm and tea — particularly any kind of herbal fruity tea.

How did you come to performing audiobooks?

“I was recording a role for the BBC radio production of Torchwood with the cast of the TV show, and an audiobook producer who was working in the next studio asked me if I had ever recorded an audiobook. I said ‘of course!’ which was a complete fabrication, and auditioned and got my first job — Elin Hilderbrand’s Summerland, in 2012. I’ve been recording ever since.”

Anything else you’d like a listener to know?

“One of my points of pride is the versatility I enjoy in the business, narrating for virtually every genre in audiobooks. Audible has called me ‘a pied piper narrator. If she narrates, I listen!’ I haven’t yet begun to tire of being a human being telling stories — and taking big swings with characters. I love sharing the journey with fellow narrators and industry professionals as the APA’s VP of Voice Talent Communications.”