Moe Egan

What was the first audiobook you performed?

The Outlaw and the Lady by Lorraine Heath

What title or series are you best known for?

Redlined – A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago by Linda Gartz

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

Garage Sale Mystery Series by Suzi Weinert
The Lost Hamsters of Barnaby Bunch series by Michael Jude Schauer
Three Waves of Volunteers and the New Earth by Dolores Cannon
The Weight of Snow and Regret by Elizabeth Gauffreau
Hair of the Dog Series by Jean Luntz

Where else have we heard your voice?

Fun Lottery commercials in New York, Vermont, Connecticut and Maine
US Department of Education – training narrations for American School Superintendents
Commercial read – Kroger Grocery stores
Telephony – Dubai Mall Message on Hold and IVR for several NYC Municiple departments
Aldi – corporate training narrations

What do you always have in the booth?

* My water in a 32 oz mug purchased at David Bowie’s Serious Moonlight tour at Sullivan – now Gillette Stadium.
* Small mementos and tchotchkes from workshops and vacations
* Freshly sharpened pencils with still-good erasers
* My figit spinner rings (one for each workspace)

How did you come to performing audiobooks?

As a life-long voracious reader, undiagnosed neurodivergent and theater kid- I’ve always lost myself in a good story. While studying theater in college, I discovered and fell in love with Skidmore’s radio station, WSPN. I graduated as GM with a BS in Theater and chose radio for my career- starting with production/copywriting, then finding my place as a reporter/news anchor and award winning talk show host. Along the way, there were side quests as a standup comic, political flack on presidential and gubernatorial campaigns, & member of the NH Radio Theater. In 2004- I went into voice work full time, dabbling in audiobooks. As a single, self-employed mom raising 3 kids, the house was never quiet enough and my schedule too busy to focus on audiobook narration. Now that I’m ‘Gaga’- the house is quiet and my schedule is amenable to focusing on audiobooks. I love that things have come full circle; inside my booth, I get to lose myself in wonderful stories, hone my acting chops in my comfort zone behind the mic. What a joy to be able to do what we do.

Anything else you’d like a listener to know?

Once Upon A Time are the four most magical words known to humankind. As Terry Pratchett once said, ” …stories are important. People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it’s the other way around.”