Cassandra_Campbell

Cassandra Campbell

American audiobook narrator

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]

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Cassandra Campbell
Notable works	The Help (2009) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010) Small Great Things (2016)
Notable awards	Audie Award for Fiction (2010) Audie Award for Nonfiction (2011) Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance (2017)

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

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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]
	The Help by Kathryn Stockett	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]
2012	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]
	Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White	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]

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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]
2010	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	The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck	Booklist	Women's Fiction	^[40]
2019	Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens	Booklist	First Novels	^[41]
	Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens	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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