Mieko Gavia

What was the first audiobook you performed?

Alight by A.H. Cunningham

What title or series are you best known for?

The Court of the Dead by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro

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

The Court of the Dead by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro
The Stories series by H.M. Wolfe
In the Arms of Mountains by Cole Nicole LeFavour
Shapes of Love by L.V. Peñalba
Before You Were Anne by Emiko Jean

Where else have we heard your voice?

Dungeons and Drama Nerds: QWERTY-R-ABC-3, Chet Daystar, Malta Regina
The Muck: Simone
Girl Tales: Delilah Davenport
Bandana Country: Rosa

What do you always have in the booth?

At least two beverages, lozenges, chap stick, a fake plant, a figurine, and a velvet skull named Lenore.

How did you come to performing audiobooks?

In 2020, like much of the country, I lost my job and all my acting gigs. Determined to make the best of the situation, I dove into zoom theater. A fellow actor in the production tipped us off to a thriving VO community on Facebook, and I got my first audiobook gig soon after.

Anything else you’d like a listener to know?

Whenever I’m in the booth I think about where I am and who I’m telling this story to. Sometimes I’m telling campfire stories, sometimes I’m the voice in your head, sometimes I’m talking to a journalist, sometimes I’m talking to my future grandkids. Always, I’m talking to you.