Where are you in your audiobook narration journey?
Courses, Coaching and Community for Audiobook Narrators
We built a community where narrators can learn, connect, and grow without the noise or pressure to perform. It’s a space for honest conversation, shared knowledge, and support at every stage of your career, whether you’re just starting out or evolving what comes next. Join to sharpen your skills, build real relationships, and stay engaged in a creative life that keeps moving forward.
Where are you in your audiobook narration journey?
If you’re an established audiobook narrator, our spaces are built for you.
Looking to expand your artistic range, strengthen your business skills, and stay connected to a professional community that supports your entire career? narrator.life is a network of community spaces where working narrators gather to exchange ideas, start conversations, and learn together. Members can join existing groups such as Narrators Who Write, Neurodivergent Narrators, and Arts & Advocacy, or create their own spaces around topics they care about. You’ll also find premium rooms for coaching, masterclasses, and advanced voice work designed to help you continue growing as a narrator.
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"I love that... a) The caliber of coaching is the very best in the business as with all narrator.life offerings. It’s a given. b) The limit of 12 students to a class w/no audit option allows for an intimate setting that supports our deepest learning experience, builds trust ~ it feels safe to take risks. c) The 4 week continued class allows for time to digest lessons learned, return with questions and grow over time. d) Hearing each narrator read and work with the coach is invaluable and just as instructive as being at the mic myself. The mutually supportive precedent set by the coach and classmates in every single Open Studio I’ve taken supports our doing our best, most relaxed work. e) It’s the best deal in town."
Claudia Dunn
Narrator
"The open studio was wonderful. Vikas is so wonderful and it was worth every minute and penny. I thought the time was the right amount both weekly and work minutes allotted. I was delighted by the caliber of classmates."
Mia Hutchinson-Shaw
Narrator
"Andi guided me on customer management, and on calendar management. Choosing jobs. I took a breath, said 'No' more, and I've done a little more than half the volume this year – for the same kind of money. Andi, I am hugely grateful for your guidance and support."
Peter Noble
Narrator
"Thank you for answering all my questions and for so much fantastic information. I feel like I gained a HUGE amount from tonight, and I am so grateful for your time, insight and expertise."
Ella Lynch
Narrator
"Thank you very much for the opportunity to hear Anne Ganguzza and her insight and experience with the AI Voice world. I found it incredibly useful and she shared so much, in a nutshell, that was very generous."
Coralie Bywater
Narrator
"The coaching from all the previous weeks gelled in my head...Intimacy is always better - you're talking to one person right into their ear. When you believe, we believe."
Erin Grassie
Narrator
"The class was great. Everyone knows that Emily [Woo Zeller] is a great narrator. She's a great coach to. Lots of very clear insights and immediately actionable adjustments."
Debi Tinsley
Narrator
"I really enjoyed the class and am already applying what I've learned in the booth...What most struck me was the depth of questions you asked of the text - to really try to consider the intent of the scene, what the author is trying to convey, and connecting."
Terrence Kidd
Narrator
"This was my first time being coached by Hillary [Huber]. She is terrific! Her notes were direct, succinct and she also kept the sessions fun. I hope to book her for some individual sessions. Also, I LOVED that she brought in authors. As a group, we narrators can be so myopic. Understanding that the casting process on the author’s side can vary widely by publisher is important info. And the writers also had different viewpoints on the process itself - which - maybe we should know that, but it is still good to register that, to really HEAR that, from them."
Suzanne Barbetta
Narrator
"Ron [Butler] & Janina [Edwards] were generous with their knowledge and guidance. 12 students felt like the right size class. I felt I received more one-on-one time than I typically do during classes/webinars. The direction was very helpful."
Anna Crowe
Narrator
"I thoroughly enjoyed [Andi Arndt’s] workshop, and found it very helpful. I walked away with a few more tools in my narrator toolbox, and I would do this again."
Shiloh Woodard
Narrator
"I had a wonderful experience during this workshop and hope to participate in classes with Andi in the future... She's phenomenal and her advice is priceless!"
Amber Dekkers
Narrator
"Fantastic first session! Already have some very tangible tools to begin applying to my work this week. Inspired and energized by January [LaVoy]'s so firmly grounding the work in physicality...narrator.Life is truly a community service."
Claudia Dunn
Narrator
"I loved both classes. I love their intuition, guidance, thoughtfulness, vulnerability and general sharing of ideas and experience. This is my second class with the two of them and I would take another one."
Rebecca Avery
Narrator
"I really enjoyed this class!!! I love the energy Andi sets at the top - very open, non judgemental, curious, exploratory. I learned so much through watching and listening... Andi is a true teacher :)"
Rebecca Avery
Narrator
"Hillary [Huber] created such a safe little pod for us to learn in. She made me feel as if I were performing for myself, rather than performing for her or anyone else... I appreciated so much that I could just settle into my body and play."
Emily Shaver
Narrator
"The Open Studio on Sci-Fi/Fantasy was more than I could have ever asked for! This was only my second time joining in on a session, and I learned so much. Vikas Adam is a talented, beautiful human being...what I learned will stay with me forever."
Ri Paige
Narrator
"Thanks for the fab session yesterday (including fairy dust)... It's like you have some magic fairy dust that grants wishes!!"
Deborah Wade
Narrator
"Outcome for 2020: This calendar year, I am on my 25th book...and I've made the same kind of money as last year. On less than half the number of books! And that is a direct result of your coaching."
Peter Noble
Narrator
"Andi is an ideal coach for audiobook narration: she is compassionate, experienced, and great at explaining the technical details of the work."
Cameron Meyer
Narrator
"I really enjoyed this class!!! I love the energy Andi sets at the top - very open, non-judgmental, curious, exploratory. I learned so much...Andi is a true teacher."
Rebecca Avery
Narrator
"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for our weekend together! It scratched all the itches I had and some I wasn't even aware of—I feel incredibly at peace and have new direction to guide me into 2024."
Gail Shalan
Narrator
"The Palm Springs retreat...was exactly the kind of narrator event that I've been looking for, for years. I loved the smallness and having the breathing room to organically hang out together and talk. Such an antidote to the hecticness of mixers."
Shiromi Arserio
Narrator
"Thanks so much for a wonderful Open Studio in October! I really enjoyed learning from you... so many little gems that I'm hoping will make a big difference in my recording."
Chloe Ryan
Narrator
"The strategies from the Broaden Your Client Base workshop have just completely transformed my business this year. Since the workshop, I've worked with 3 new-to-me major publishers...so, thank you!"
Mark Sanderlin
Narrator
"I really owe it to the work you did with us in July at the workshop... It helped me learn to release and allow the text to guide me."
Dominique Salvacion
Narrator
"The Retreat was for me both personally and professionally. I was just thinking about how the diversity of narrators in our cohort actually enabled me to see what makes me unique and special... Literally every part of the weekend was filled with learning, laughter, community...JOY!"
Sanya Simmons
Narrator
"People often ask me where they can get good audiobook narration coaching. So when I come across a new-to-me offering, that I know will be a great ROI, I want to shout about it! narrator.life has a fantastic selection of coaches and courses and Ann Richardson is an exemplary narrator and a wonderful coach. Do yourself a favour and check it out! You can thank me later."
Ana Clements
Narrator
"I can personally attest to this comprehensive masterclass of a course w/the esteemed Ann Richardson! A wealth of info based in years of expertise & an award winning career. Could not recommend more heartily!"
Claudia Dunn
Narrator
"It is clear how much time and attention you put into helping new and aspiring narrators and I so appreciate your willingness to tell us about your personal experiences and gift us with your insight into this industry. I really enjoyed my time and am definitely feeling better prepared to begin my career!"
Carolann J. Stout
Narrator
"Hello Fellow Narrators! I just want to tell you what a difference Launching New Narrators has made to my Narrator and Voiceover career. Ms. Richardson's precise, constructive and fun guidance has helped me at every stage of my journey - from studio set up, to organization of files, to execution of multiple projects. Since beginning the program less than 2 years ago, I have been contracted for multiple audio books, and over a dozen voiceover assignments - in some cases voicing as many as 30 characters with ease. So trust me when I say, "The program is a definite must for any voice artist!"
Anne Pasquale
Narrator
"I've noticed a shift of being worried that my voice isn't "perfect" to being open to playing with my voice. Not, like, weird voices, but playing with where it comes from, taking note how it feels when I make small adjustments, and enjoying that exploration, rather than aiming for a specific sound. It's freeing!"
Narration Student
"I wrote down in my book that the "goal is to release tension and be less emotionally protective in order to free the breath." This is definitely something I'll have to continuously work at, as I am a very guarded person and vulnerability is not my fave. But in the case of narration, vulnerability is my friend and this class has taught me how to not only tap into that, but also embrace it."
Narration Student
"Visualizing all the systems has helped me so much! Whereas before I felt constricted, now I have a long tongue and cavernous breath. My head floats and energy flows up through my feet. The last two classes, when I'd speak, it was like my voice was coming from the depths of a bottomless pit and traveling easily past my lips. It frightened me a little, actually, because I've never had a powerful voice, and here it was rushing through, strong and free."
Narration Student
"Emily Zoo has been one of our top Directors for the past few years. In addition to being a star narrator in her own right, she has directed author and celebrity books with us, and is equally adept at working with experienced narrators and those who are new to the audiobook form. She excels at helping narrators deliver on the promise of the book."
Amy Rubinate
Owner, Mosaic Audio
"I felt kind of silly doing the exercises at first, but with the camera off, I just went for it. I love the stretches and the breathing exercises. I felt so relaxed afterwards and sometimes, I'd catch myself looking at the time because I'd feel so open and free that I was raring to narrate something NOW. "
Narration Student
Vikas Adam
Audie Award winning narrator, lecturer at UCLA Department of Theatre, Film and Television, Audible Narrator Hall of Fame. SAG-AFTRA
Vikas Adam
Andi Arndt
Audie Award winning narrator, Executive Producer at Lyric Audiobooks, Founder of Narrator.Life, Audible Narrator Hall of Fame. SAG-AFTRA
Andi Arndt
Ronald Butler
Multiple Audie Award nominee, Pace University adjunct faculty, member of Atlantic Theatre Company. SAG-AFTRA/AEA
Ronald Butler
Hillary Huber
Award winning narrator of over 600 audiobooks. Straight shooting Audiobook Coach focusing on skill sets. SAG-AFTRA
Hillary Huber
Ann Richardson
Earphones Award winning narrator, experienced coach and mentor. SAG-AFTRA
Ann Richardson
Emily Woo Zeller
Audie award-winning, Golden Voice actor, audiobook director, dancer, and singer. SAG-AFTRA
Emily Woo Zeller
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If you’re new to narration, we'll get you headed in the right direction.
Ready to start learning the craft of audiobook narration and find your footing in the industry? Our courses for new narrators offer guidance from experienced professionals who understand the work. You will build a strong foundation, develop good habits, and gain the clarity you need to move forward with confidence as you begin your narration journey.
Build a Strong Foundation
Created by Ann Richardson — This ten-lesson course is a launching pad for aspiring narrators aiming to “level up” to being bonafide, working narrators, instilling high standards and best practices that uplift the individual and the industry. Along the way we will build a firm foundation by learning about equipment, recording environment, scheduling, proper preparation, narration techniques, post production, and a basic business plan.
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Wondering what it really takes to become an audiobook narrator? Explore below to get honest answers about how the field works, which skills matter most, and what this path looks like creatively, professionally, and personally, so you can decide whether it feels like the right fit for you.