Cassandra Campbell

Cassandra Campbell is an American narrator of over 900 audiobooks.[1] She has won four Audie Awards from the Audio Publishers Association and has been a finalist for several more. She has also earned numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile, who named her a Golden Voice Narrator.[1] In 2018, she was inducted into Audible’s Narrator Hall of Fame.[2]

Cassandra Campbell
Notable works
Notable awards

Literary Hub called her "an oral shapeshifter," saying, "her versatility, her emotional intelligence, and her resonant voice make her a much sought-after narrator."[3]

Biography

Campbell's "mother was a drama teacher and her father was a theater critic."[3]

Prior to narrating audiobooks, Campbell taught in the theater department at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.[4]

Awards and honors

In 2018, Campbell was inducted into Audible’s Narrator Hall of Fame,[2] and in June 2021, AudioFile named her a Golden Voice narrator,[3][5] their "lifetime achievement honor for audiobook narrators."[1]

Awards
Awards for Campbell's work
Year Audiobook Award Result Ref.
2006 Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics Finalist [6]
2009 The Help by Kathryn Stockett Listen-Up Award for Fiction Finalist [7]
2010 Double Minds by Terri Blackstock Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction Finalist [8]
The Help by Kathryn Stockett Audie Award for Fiction Winner [8]
Audie Award for Distinguished Achievement in Production Winner [8]
2011 Abigail Adams by Woody Holton Audie Award for Biography or Memoir Finalist [9][10]
Dreamdark Silksinger by Lani Taylor Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top 10 [11][12]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Audie Award for Nonfiction Winner [9][10][13]
2012 Emily and Einstein by Linda Francis Lee Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics Finalist [14]
You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections Finalist [14]
2013 Juliet in August by Dianne Warren Audie Award for Best Female Narrator Finalist [15][16]
Welcome To Bordertown, edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections Finalist [15]
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud Listen-Up Award for Audiobook of the Year Finalist [17]
Listen-Up Award for Audiobook Narrator of the Year Finalist [17]
Listen-Up Award for Fiction Finalist [17]
2014 He’s Gone by Deb Caletti Audie Award for Mystery Finalist [18]
2015 Life Drawing by Robin Black Audie Award for Solo Narration--Female Finalist [19][20]
2016 The Lost Landscape by Joyce Carol Oates Audie Award for Solo Narration--Female Finalist [21][22]
2017 America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie Audie Award for Fiction Finalist [23][24]
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance Winner [23][24][25]
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Audie Award for Autobiography or Memoir Finalist [23][24]
2019 And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection [26]
2020 Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year Finalist [27]
Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Winner [28]
Nevertheless We Persisted: Me Too by Em Jae et al. Audie Award for Original Work Finalist [27][29]
2022 The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun Audie Award for Romance Finalist [30][31]

"Best of" lists

Campbell's narrations have frequently landed on lists naming the best audiobooks of the year.

In 2017, Booklist included Campbell's narrations of George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo and Jessica Shattuck's The Women in the Castle on their "Audio Stars for Adults" list.[32] The following year, they included Lincoln in the Bardo on their Listen List for Outstanding Audio Narration.[33]

In 2019, Booklist included Campbell's narration of Delia Owens's Where the Crawdads Sing on their "Audio Stars for Adults" list.[34]

Best audiobooks of the year
Year Audiobook Organization Category Ref.
2009 Half Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn AudioFile Contemporary Culture [35]
The Help by Kathryn Stockett AudioFile Fiction & Classics [35]
Lucky Breaks by Susan Patron AudioFile Children [35]
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister AudioFile Fiction [4]
2010 Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani AudioFile Fiction [4]
Juliet by Anne Fortier AudioFile Fiction [4]
2011 The Program by Kelly Traver and Betty Kelly Sargent AudioFile Personal Growth [4]
2012 Juliet in August by Dianne Warren AudioFile Fiction [4]
Lucky for Good by Susan Patron ALSC Children's [36]
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool ALSC Children's [36]
2014 Life Drawing by Robin Black AudioFile Fiction [4][3]
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton AudioFile Young Adult [4]
Vatican Waltz by Roland Merullo AudioFile Fiction [4]
2015 The Lost Landscape by Joyce Carol Oates AudioFile Biography & Memoir [4]
2016 When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi AudioFile Memoir [4]
2017 The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs AudioFile Memoir [4][3]
The Jersey Brothers by Sally Mott Freeman AudioFile Biography & History [4]
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Booklist Adult [37]
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Booklist Historical Fiction [38]
The Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Lindsey Lee Johnson Publishers Weekly Fiction [39]
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck Booklist Adult [37]
2018 Booklist Women's Fiction [40]
2019 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Booklist First Novels [41]
Booklist Women's Fiction [42]
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck Booklist Historical Fiction [43]
2020 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Booklist Book-Group Audiobooks [44]

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