This Is the Author

In this episode, meet podcaster, family therapist, and parenting expert Amber Trueblood, bestselling author Helen Ellis, and Emmy-winning writer and television host Teresa Strasser. Press play to hear how these authors prepared to read their audiobooks, and what (or who) they’d love to have with them in the recording booth.

The Unflustered Mom by Amber Trueblood

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/735356/the-unflustered-mom/

Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge by Helen Ellis

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/695824/kiss-me-in-the-coral-lounge/

Making It Home by Teresa Strasser

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/707100/making-it-home/

In this episode, meet reporter and editor Stephanie McNeal, Slow AF Run Club founder Martinus Evans, and science writer Jennifer Ackerman. Dive into influencer culture, hear about the joy of recording “cautionary tales,” and learn what it’s like to perform owl hoots in the studio. These authors certainly weren’t shy about what it was like to record their audiobooks!

Swipe Up for More! by Stephanie McNeal

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/675748/swipe-up-for-more/

Slow AF Run Club by Martinus Evans

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/696850/slow-af-run-club/

What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/673192/what-an-owl-knows/

In this episode, meet activist, speaker, and educator Najwa Zebian, spiritual medium George Anderson, and CEO of FieldCraft Survival Mike Glover. Tune in to hear these authors discuss the healing, spiritual, and profound experiences that led to the creation of their audiobooks, and how they hope to personally connect with their listeners.

Conversations on Letting Go by Najwa Zebian

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/727163/conversations-on-letting-go/

Ask George Anderson by George Anderson

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/309774/ask-george-anderson/

Prepared by Mike Glover

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/697211/prepared/

In this episode, meet writer and comedian Samantha Irby, actor, director, and screenwriter Guinevere Turner, and blogger Marcie Alvis Walker. Tune in to hear what it was like for these authors to narrate books about their own lives, and who would cast Christine Baranski as a narrator.

Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/690138/quietly-hostile/

When the World Didn't End by Guinevere Turner

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/651933/when-the-world-didnt-end/

Everybody Come Alive by Marcie Alvis Walker

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/710751/everybody-come-alive/

In this episode meet owner of the Savannah Bananas baseball team Jesse Cole, correspondent and NPR host at-large Elise Hu, and bestselling author Ruta Sepetys. Press play to learn which two of these authors describe their recording experience as “thrilling”, and whose studio must-haves are out of the ordinary.

Banana Ball by Jesse Cole

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/723072/banana-ball/

Flawless by Elise Hu

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/667034/flawless/

You: The Story by Ruta Sepetys

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/702455/you-the-story/

In this episode, meet journalist and editor Connie Wang, founder and director of Fugees Family Luma Mufleh, and creative director and fashion designer Aurora James. Hear Connie Wang on how a comment from her mom inspired her memoir, Luma Mufleh on coming-of-age, and Aurora James on the assumptions we make about what it takes to affect change (and how to move beyond them!). Plus, learn what it was like for these authors to revisit their work in the recording studio.

Oh My Mother! by Connie Wang

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/705320/oh-my-mother/

From Here by Luma Mufleh

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/672109/from-here/

Wildflower by Aurora James

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/672115/wildflower/

In this episode, meet author, musician, and professor Warren Zanes, evolutionary biologist Jonathan B. Losos, and bestselling author and journalist Jancee Dunn. What do Bruce Springsteen, cats, and peri-menopause have in common? Tune in to find out.

Deliver Me from Nowhere by Warren Zanes

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/647205/deliver-me-from-nowhere/

The Cat's Meow by Jonathan B. Losos

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/610619/the-cats-meow/

Hot and Bothered by Jancee Dunn

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/714293/hot-and-bothered/

In this episode, meet writer and actress Alexandra Auder, CNN journalist John Blake, and Live Learn Lovewell founder Emma Lovewell. Hear these authors talk about the process of narrating their memoirs: from the fascinating life experiences that inspired their work, to conveying those experiences in the recording studio.

Don't Call Me Home by Alexandra Auder: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/679125/dont-call-me-home/

More Than I Imagined by John Blake: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/706045/more-than-i-imagined/

Live Learn Love Well by Emma Lovewell: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/704082/live-learn-love-well/

In this episode, meet actress Sheetal Sheth, award-winning writer Ava Chin, and book critic, essayist, and reporter Claire Dederer. Tune in to hear the very personal reasons these authors wrote their audiobooks, and the ways they are working towards more well-rounded representation through their work.

ALWAYS ANJALI by Sheetal Sheth

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/721351/always-anjali/

MOTT STREET by Ava Chin

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/563929/mott-street/

MONSTERS by Claire Dederer

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/589194/monsters/

In this episode, meet reporter Monica Potts, comedian Kountry Wayne,, and writer Elisabeth Sharp McKetta. Go behind the mic with each of these authors to see what inspired them to write their books, what it was like to narrate their own work, and who described the recording process as “twisted” (in the best of ways).

THE FORGOTTEN GIRLS by Monica Potts

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/558475/the-forgotten-girls/

HELP IS ON THE WAY by Kountry Wayne

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/704825/help-is-on-the-way/

EDIT YOUR LIFE by Elisabeth Sharp McKetta

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/707128/edit-your-life/