Audie Awards

The 15th annual Audies Gala for best audiobook recording recently took place at the Museum of the City of New York. Some of the winners are as follows:

2010 Winners

THE MALTESE FALCON - Audiobook Adaptation
Dashiell Hammett, Read by Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, Edward Herrmann, and a Full Cast
Blackstone Audiobooks

NELSON MANDELA'S FAVORITE AFRICAN FOLKTALES - Audiobook of the Year
Nelson Mandela [Ed.], Read by Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize Theron, Blair Underwood, Forest Whitaker, Alfre Woodard
Hachette Audio

NURTURESHOCK - Personal Development winner Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Read by Po Bronson
Hachette Audio

THE TIME OF MY LIFE - Audiobook of the Year Runner Up
Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Read by Patrick Swayze
Simon & Schuster Audioa



THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS - Audio Drama Runner Up
C.S. Lewis, Read by Andy Serkis, Geoffrey Palmer, Eileen Page, Laura Michelle Kelly, and a Full Cast
Focus on the Family


ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED - Biography/Memoir winner
Miep Gies, Alison Leslie Gold, Read by Barbara Rosenblatt
Oasis Audio/Springwater





RAIN - Business/Educational winnerJeffrey J. Fox, Read by Jeffrey J. Fox
Brilliance Audio


GREAT EXPECTATIONS - Classic winner
Charles Dickens, Read by Charlton Griffin
Audio Connoisseur

THE HELP - Distinguished achievement in production winner
Kathryn Stockett, Read by Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, Jenna Lamia, Cassandra Campbell
Penguin Audio/ Books on Tape




TEARS IN THE DARKNESS - History winner
Elizabeth M. Norman, Michael Norman, Read by Michael Prichard
Tantor Audio


WOLF HALL - Literary fiction winner
Hilary Mantel, Read by Simon Slater
Macmillan Audio/ BBC Audiobooks America

DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS - Mystery & Suspense winner
Walter Mosley, Read by Michael Boatman
Audible, Inc.

THE NATIONAL PARKS - Nonfiction winner
Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan,
Read by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan
Books on Tape

LA TRAVERSIA DE ENRIQUE/ ENRIQUE'S JOURNEY - Spanish language winner
Sonia Nazario, Read by Adriana Sananes
Recorded Books/ AudioLibros

DARLING JIM - Thriller/Suspense winner
Christian Moerk, Read by Stephen Hoye, Justine Eyre
Tantor Audio

BLACK MASK AUDIO MAGAZINE, VOL. 1 - Short Stories/Collections winner
Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Earl Stanley Gardner, et al., Read by Richard Ferrone, Grover Gardner, Anthony Heald, Malcolm Hillgartner, William Hughes, Lorna Raver, Burt Ross, Rochelle Savitt, Christine Williams, Tom Weiner, Kaitlin Hopkins, George Guidall, Jeff Woodman
Blackstone Audiobooks

BELLWETHER - Science Fiction/Fantasy winner
Connie Willis, Read by Kate Reading
Blackstone Audiobooks

-DB