GM Hakim

What was the first audiobook you performed?

The Observant by Ravi Mangla.

What title or series are you best known for?

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine.

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

We Are Legion #1 by Dmitry Dornichev & Evgeny Fox
The Romcom Remake by Jen Atkinson
Making Enemies by Keith Ammann
Rook’s Gambit: A Broken Gears Tale by Dana Fraedrich
Sneaks by Amy Tern

Where else have we heard your voice?

Marvel Recap: Apocalypse — Narrator
Stardew (Valley) Voices — Harvey
Ruckus! at Boston’s historic Old South Meeting House — Governor Thomas Hutchinson, John Hancock, and more.
Amy’s Kitchen Brand Anthem — Narrator
UnGodly — Asharim

What do you always have in the booth?

“A 32 oz. mason jar of water with a metal straw, constantly refilled.”

How did you come to performing audiobooks?

“Always a reader (I first read The Hobbit as an 8-year-old and have been hooked since), I became a Dungeon Master for Dungeons & Dragons games in my childhood, studied broadcast and print journalism in college, became an English teacher for 17 years, taught improv and theater as well, got a master’s degree in children’s literature, and then married all of these various and sundry pursuits by becoming an audiobook narrator.”

Anything else you’d like a listener to know?

“Two Truths and a Lie: 1) I won Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me and have Carl Kasell’s voice on my voicemail. 2) I once scored against a national MVP, the Callahan Winner, in an Ultimate Frisbee game. 3) I led my team to win the championship of a board game league.”