Shelley Reece

What was the first audiobook you performed?

Valentino by Laura Hesse

What title or series are you best known for?

What Waits Below by Caleb Stevens

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

Investigator Kat Cromwell Mystery series by Nicholas Harvey
The Good Sister by Bonnie Traymore
Roadside Sisters by Catherine Matthews
Shadows and Light series by Georgia C. Leigh
Kit Melbourne series by Kater Cheek

Where else have we heard your voice?

Session singer in many TV promos, including for HBO series Girls and the Golden Globes

What do you always have in the booth?

My dog, Minnie, who technically is a bit too big to fit in there!

How did you come to performing audiobooks?

I was a singer songwriter and teacher for most of my young professional life, but a bit of career burnout led me to take an introduction to voiceover class on a lark. Each week we would cover a different aspect of VO. When we got to the section about audiobooks, I knew I was hooked. I started up an ACX profile and immediately started narrating in my spare time, and when covid forced the shutdown of my educational program where I was teaching, I decided to get much more serious about my narration.

Anything else you’d like a listener to know?

I started this career in my late 40’s and yes, it’s hard to pivot from a relatively stable career to one that seems fraught with uncertainty, but as my husband has observed, since starting this audiobook journey, I have not once complained about the lack of creative outlets in my life. And this was a frequent issue I had before. As a creative person I feel ultimately fulfilled every day of my life when I’m working on a book. I’m immersed in the story, the characters, the setting, the process, and nothing gives me greater pleasure than delivering my best work on a project. We only have one life (probably), and I’m happy to spend mine doing something so interesting and fulfilling.