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Davina Porter is the narrator of the unabridged audio recordings of the Outlander series.
Biography
Davina started narrating for Recorded Books in 1985, when she narrated John Prebble's Culloden. Since then she has narrated over 400 audiobooks.[1]
She was the winner of Audio Publishers Association's Audie Award in 2006 for Best Female Narrator with A Breath of Snow and Ashes and in 2004 for Inspirational Fiction with Treasure of Stonewycke.[2] She was one of three AudioFile Golden Voices in 2002 and 2003, and has also been named one of AudioFile's 50 Best Voices of the Last Century.[3] At least twenty of her narrations have earned AudioFile's Earphones Award, including her readings of Written in My Own Heart's Blood and A Breath of Snow and Ashes.[4] In 2015 her recording of Written In My Own Heart's Blood earned her a Voice Arts Award for Best Voiceover in Fiction.[5]
A member of Actors' Equity, Davina has acted and directed for the stage in numerous productions. She was a member of the Square One Theatre Company, appearing in productions such as The Importance of Being Earnest, Hay Fever, and Time of My Life.[6] Other stage credits include Quartet (The Small Town Theatre Company), Everything in the Garden (Polka Dot Playhouse), A Murder is Announced (Westport Community Theatre), and A Little Night Music (Candlewood Playhouse).
References
- ↑ Recorded Books – "Davina Porter is the voice of ..." Accessed 23 August 2016.
- ↑ AudioFile Magazine – Davina Porter. Accessed 23 August 2016.
- ↑ Tantor Media. Accessed 23 August 2016.
- ↑ AudioFile Magazine – Reviews. Accessed 23 August 2016.
- ↑ Society of Voice Arts and Sciences. Accessed 23 August 2016.
- ↑ Square One Hall of Fame. Accessed 23 August 2016.