Jane Oppenheimer

What was the first audiobook you performed?

The Swap by Nancy Boyarsky

What title or series are you best known for?

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

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

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Sylvia's Second Act by Hillary Yablon
Unspeakable Things by Brooke Nevils

Where else have we heard your voice?

Museum installations — Theme Park Rides and Commercials

What do you always have in the booth?

Water, Dry Mouth Spray, an Audio Mute blanket to wrap around my middle for loud stomach growls

How did you come to performing audiobooks?

I graduated from Carnegie-Mellon Drama and did a lot of theater and then worked behind the camera. I wanted a career that I could do from home and not travel.

Anything else you’d like a listener to know?

Audiobook narration is the perfect career for me because it encompasses everything I love: Performing, reading and being alone for hours at a time with no one bothering me.