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Professional Audiobook Narration

Christian Leatherman

Authentic, Lively, Dynamic

Professional Audiobook Narration

Christian Leatherman

Authentic, Lively, Dynamic

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    About Christian

    As a full-time audiobook narrator of over 100 audiobooks, I have been fortunate enough to perform in many genres — fantasy, romance, sci-fi, nonfiction, and mystery/thriller — to bring life to complex worlds and characters ranging from a Southern android assistant to an early 20th century kid from Brooklyn who ran away from home. I never would have guessed that my previous life as a forensic science student and a beer/malt biologist might have prepared me with the medical and forensic jargon all too common in police-procedural thrillers and dense nonfiction but, here we are!

    Though tasting beer for a living was enjoyable, I couldn’t ignore my creative voice screaming at me to utilize the acting and vocal performance chops I had developed but put aside for far too long. Making the leap into audiobook narration was the missing catalyst to fulfilling my true artistic passion: performing engaging stories and breathing life into beautifully-written characters who yearn for a voice. With an enthusiasm for taking on multiple genres, unique vocal variation, and a youthful sound, I can’t wait to energize your next great story!

    About Christian

    As a full-time audiobook narrator of over 100 audiobooks, I have been fortunate enough to perform in many genres — fantasy, romance, sci-fi, nonfiction, and mystery/thriller — to bring life to complex worlds and characters ranging from a Southern android assistant to an early 20th century kid from Brooklyn who ran away from home. I never would have guessed that my previous life as a forensic science student and a beer/malt biologist might have prepared me with the medical and forensic jargon all too common in police-procedural thrillers and dense nonfiction but, here we are!

    Though tasting beer for a living was enjoyable, I couldn’t ignore my creative voice screaming at me to utilize the acting and vocal performance chops I had developed but put aside for far too long. Making the leap into audiobook narration was the missing catalyst to fulfilling my true artistic passion: performing engaging stories and breathing life into beautifully-written characters who yearn for a voice. With an enthusiasm for taking on multiple genres, unique vocal variation, and a youthful sound, I can’t wait to energize your next great story!

    Publishers

    Publishers

    Accents

    Major Accents Performed

    American Southern

    Texan (East & West)

    North Carolina

    Georgia

    Appalachian 

    Deep South

    New York/New Jersey 

    American West Coast

    General British 

    RP / BBC 

    London (Urban/Cockney)

    Irish (Listen Here)

    Northern Irish 

    Dublin 

    Hispanic

    Minor Accents Performed

    New England / Boston

    Southern Irish (Cork)

    French 

    American Midwest 

    Canadian 

    General Scottish 

    Italian 

    Russian 

    German (Austrian)

    American Cajun

    New Orleans “Yat” Accent

    Polish Yiddish (Jewish) 

    Featured Works

    Tempest of Wrath and Vengeance

    The Legacy Series, Book 3

    In the Air Tonight

    A New York Times Best Seller

    The Dark Thing

    A Debut Psychological Horror Novel

    Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell

    An Introduction to Metaphysics-Based Philosophy

    Proficiencies & Equipment

    Proficiencies

    Conversational in Spanish

    Well-versed in forensic, medical, and scientific terminology

    20+ years of vocal performance

     

    Equipment

    Microphone: Lewitt LCT 540 Subzero

    Interface: Audient EVO 8

    DAW: Adobe Audition & Audacity

    Studio: VocalBoothToGo 1″ Acoustic Blankets w/ Carpeting

    Studio Headphones: Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80 Ohm

    Reviews

    What People Say

    This is probably the best audiobook experience I've ever had. Christian Leatherman's acting is absolutely top-notch and truly brought the story to life. Each character had such personality and sounded distinct from each other, so much so that I could tell who was speaking without the dialogue tags. If the voice he uses for narration is his standard speaking voice, which I'd assume it is, then the voice he uses when the main character speaks shows that each voice is carefully chosen to match the characters. All of them feel perfect and his range in performance is breathtaking. The emotions in the story hit all the harder from his performance and I'm genuinely thinking about buying more audiobooks he's narrated just to hear his other works! The story itself is surprisingly complex. What I expected to be a simple little romance quickly turned into a plot full of mystery and political intrigue. This is the first fae romance novel I've read, so perhaps this is just normal for the genre, but I was thoroughly impressed with the world-building and evolution of the plot. Its complexity never left me confused, and I feel that the little threads of intrigue that are brought in at the beginning of the novel get woven into the plot throughout, making the gradual escalation of stakes and mysteries feel natural and exciting. I expected a cute little fluffy story and instead was brought on an adventure through a plethora of emotions, and I'm impressed by the number of times I had to pause and just stare at the screen with my mouth agape or yell into my pillow. This story was such a fun time and I can't wait to read the next books.
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    So this was the first book I had read by [Author Name] over a year ago and I've been in love with the series ever since. I have now listened to all the audiobooks- though out of order- and all have been a joy, largely due to the exceptional talent that is Christian Leatherman. He is such a fantastic narrator! He puts so much emotion and care into the voices he does. I love the different accents he uses for the characters that have them and all the different voices he does are easy to distinguish between. But overall it's the emotion that affects me so much. There is one scene here where [Main Character] is injured/damaged and you can HEAR it in his voice. It was such a powerful moment for me that I had to take a break- even though I've read this book before and knew everything that happens. Fantastic and I highly recommend all of the audiobooks in this series!
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    The story and character development was amazing. And the narration? Let’s just say, you’re going to want to leave the lights on. When listening to the narrator, you forget you’re being read a story because he does such an impeccable job with his narration, you feel like you’re not only watching a movie, but are part of each scene. Male roles, female leaders, kids, otherworldly demons, this narrator has zero issue with bringing it all to life! Excellent story, made even better with the narration!
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