Sunil Malhotra

What was the first audiobook you performed?

Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese

What title or series are you best known for?

Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese

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

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
The Queen of Days by Greta Kelly
Acts of God by Kanan Gil

Where else have we heard your voice?

The Legend of Vox Machina, Shaun Gilmore
Mortal Kombat 1 & 11, Kung Lao
The Legend of Korra, Prince Wu
Valorant, Harbor
League of Legends, Akshan

What do you always have in the booth?

Water! Lots of it. Also, a pillow I can hug. It masks my stomach when it growls unexpectedly, and also makes me feel good. Sometimes coffee because obviously! And my kazoo – it helps open things up vocally (and sometimes you just need to lighten things up).

How did you come to performing audiobooks?

I bothered a friend! He's a playwright/actor who also narrated audiobooks. He couldn't do one book because he had to fly away for work. He told the producers they should consider me. I auditioned and… didn't get that one. My voice was too young at that time for that particular book. But he recommended me again to another producer for another project. This time it was at Penguin Random House, and it was for Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese. I got that one, received an Earphones Award for it, and that book launched me into the audiobook world. Moral of the story – don't be afraid to bother your busy friends!

Anything else you’d like a listener to know?

Stories are the great connector of humanity. They can make us feel less alone. We laugh, we cry, and everything in-between. And by the end, we get to see something we maybe never have before. And sometimes, even feel seen. If we let them, stories can also give us the courage and path (emotional or literal) to make our world a better place.
I’ve had the honor of hearing from listeners about all the above. For me to be a part of that kind of endeavor is truly a joy, in the deepest sense of that word.