Rosanna Pilcher

What was the first audiobook you performed?

Beautiful Ashes: A True Story of Murder, Betrayal, and One Woman’s Search for Peace by Shelly Edwards Jorgensen

What title or series are you best known for?

The House on Mountain Laurel Lane by Eileen Goudge

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

The Divine Mortals Series by Amanda M. Helander
Karabos by Lyndsey Lewellen
The Last Morning by Camden Baird
Love and Order: A Three-Part Old West Romantic Mystery by Jennifer Uhlarik
Only You by Michaela Jean Taylor

Where else have we heard your voice?

Podcast: The Chosen People (Witch of En-Dor, Queen of Sheba, Michal, Ruth, Hannah)
Commercial: Red Bull (Getting It Done campaign)
Commercial: Arc (launch campaign)
eLearning: Texas History (K-4)
Explainer: Residency Matching Program (medical students and institutions)

What do you always have in the booth?

Water (infused with mango/cranberry/elderberry)
Ginger Honey Peach hot tea
My Texas Rangers World Series ring (lol, it’s a replica)
A sunflower (SunnysideVO)
Burts Bees chapstick
Usually a coffee stain from my morning cup…

How did you come to performing audiobooks?

After acting onstage and on camera and teaching in the classroom for nearly a decade, my husband (a prolific audiobook listener) mentioned he thought narrating would be right up my alley, and wouldn’t you know it, this beautiful job marries all those things (acting, directing, telling stories, dramaturgy, bringing people in, teaching and opening up new possibilities). I immersed myself in the audiobook community, which is full of some of the most generous, kind, interesting people. I trained with coaches and learned to tell stories in a different medium. Except in this world, I get to play all the parts!

Anything else you’d like a listener to know?

Fun Facts:
1. You’d be surprised how many bloopers are NSFW!
2. I really do find/share a piece of myself in each character I get to play.
3. Sometimes I have more empathy for my characters than people IRL.
4. I still stay up past my bedtime reading… don’t tell my kids!