Jennifer Mendenhall (born February 7, 1960), commonly known by the alias Kate Reading, is an American actress and audiobook narrator. She has won 6 Audie Awards and 46 Earphone Awards.
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Personal life
Mendenhall was born on February 7, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents moved to England when she was a baby.[1] In 1978, she returned to the United States to attend the University of Virginia.[1] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in French and Drama in 1983.[2]
Mendenhall married Michael Kramer on October 24, 1992.[citation needed] They currently live in the Washington, D.C., area with their two children.[3]
Awards and honors
Awards
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Summer Sisters (1998) by Judy Blume | Audie Award for Fiction | Finalist | [4] |
2004 | Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell | Audie Award for Best Female Narrator | Finalist | [5] |
2006 | Fairy Tales (1835) by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Tina Nunnally | Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections | Finalist | [6] |
2007 | The Painted Veil (1925) by W. Somerset Maugham | Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics | Finalist | [7] |
2010 | Bellwether (1996) by Connie Willis | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Winner | [8] |
2010 | The Gathering Storm (2009) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Finalist | [8] |
2011 | Among the Missing (2011) by Morag Joss | Earphone Award | Winner | [9] |
2011 | The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds | Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense | Finalist | [10] |
2012 | 1222 (2011) by Anne Holt | Earphone Award | Winner | [11] |
2012 | The Boy in the Snow (2012) by M.J. McGrath | Earphone Award | Winner | [12] |
2012 | The Thirteen Hallows (2011) by Michael Scott and Colette Freedman | Earphone Award | Winner | [13] |
2012 | Trapeze (2012) by Simon Mawer | Earphone Award | Winner | [14] |
2013 | Breasts by Florence Williams | Audie Award for Nonfiction | Winner | [15][16] |
2013 | The Last Runaway (2013) by Tracy Chevalier | Earphone Award | Winner | [17] |
2013 | A Memory of Light (2013) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson | Earphone Award | Winner | [18] |
2014 | Words of Radiance (2014) by Brandon Sanderson | Earphone Award | Winner | [19] |
2015 | My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead | Audie Award for Autobiography or Memoir | Winner | [20] |
2015 | The Siege Winter (2015) by Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman | Earphone Award | Winner | [21] |
2015 | Words of Radiance (2014) | Audie Award for Fantasy | Winner | [15][22] |
2016 | The Story of Egypt: The Civilization That Shaped the World (2016) by Joann Fletcher | Earphone Award | Winner | [23] |
2016 | A Study in Scarlet Women (2016) by Sherry Thomas | Earphone Award | Winner | [24] |
2016 | The Velvet Hours (2016) by Alyson Richman | Earphone Award | Winner | [25] |
2017 | A Conspiracy in Belgravia (2017) by Sherry Thomas | Earphone Award | Winner | [26] |
2017 | A Duke in Shining Armor: Difficult Dukes (2017) by Loretta Chase | Earphone Award | Winner | [27] |
2017 | The Glass Town Game (2017) by Catherynne M. Valente | Earphone Award | Winner | [28] |
2018 | The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (2017) by Theodora Goss | Audie Award for Fantasy | Winner | [29] |
2018 | The Tangled Lands (2010) by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell | Earphone Award | Winner | [30] |
2018 | When a Duke Loves a Woman (2018) by Lorraine Heath | Earphone Award | Winner | [31] |
2019 | The Art of Theft (2019) by Sherry Thomas | Earphone Award | Winner | [32] |
2019 | At the End of the Century (2019) by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Earphone Award | Winner | [33] |
2020 | Death and the Maiden (2020) by Samantha Norman and Ariana Franklin | Earphone Award | Winner | [34] |
2019 | European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss | Audie Award for Fantasy | Finalist | [35] |
2020 | Midnight Train to Prague (2020) by Carol Windley | Earphone Award | Winner | [36] |
2020 | The Prophet (1923) by Kahlil Gibran | Earphone Award | Winner | [37] |
2020 | Rhythm of War (2020) by Brandon Sanderson | Earphone Award | Winner | [38] |
2020 | Ten Things I Hate About the Duke (2020) by Loretta Chase | Earphone Award | Winner | [39] |
2022 | Rhythm of War (2020) by Brandon Sanderson | Audie Award for Fantasy | Winner | [15][40] |
2021 | The Souvenir Museum (2021) by Elizabeth McCracken | Earphone Award | Winner | [41] |
"Best of" lists
Year | Title | Award | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2008 | Captain's Fury | AudioFile Best Fantasy of the Year | [15] |
2009 | Cursor's Fury | AudioFile Best Fantasy of the Year | [15] |
2010 | Bright-Sided | AudioFile Best Contemporary Culture of the Year | [15] |
2012 | Bling Goddess | AudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year | [15] |
2012 | Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig | RUSA Listen List | [42] |
2013 | The Garden Intrigue (2013) by Lauren Willig | RUSA Listen List | [43][44] |
2015 | Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints | AudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year | [15] |
2015 | Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase | RUSA Listen List | [45][46] |
2016 | And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander | RUSA Listen List | [47] |
2017 | A Conspiracy in Belgravia | AudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year | [15] |
Stage performances
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1991 | The Arc | Sally | |
1992 | Literary Visions | Actor | 1 episode: Artful Resonance: Theme in Poetry |
1994 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Kerry Weston | 1 episode: See No Evil |
1994 | Serial Mom | Reporter | |
1997 | Frontline | Self / Narration | 1 episode: The Lost American |
2013 | My Synthesized Life | Phone operator | 1 episode: Freak |
References
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- ^ "1999 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "2004 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2022-08-21. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "2006 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "2007 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ a b "2010 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "AMONG THE MISSING by Morag Joss Read by Robin Sachs Kate Reading Cassandra Campbell | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "2011 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "1222 by Anne Holt Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "THE BOY IN THE SNOW by MJ McGrath Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "THE THIRTEEN HALLOWS by Michael Scott Colette Freedman Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "TRAPEZE by Simon Mawer Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator Kate Reading". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "Awards: Ben Franklin and Audie Winners; Camões Prize for Literature". Shelf Awareness. 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "THE LAST RUNAWAY by Tracy Chevalier Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "A MEMORY OF LIGHT by Robert Jordan Brandon Sanderson Read by Michael Kramer Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "WORDS OF RADIANCE by Brandon Sanderson Read by Michael Kramer Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "2015 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "THE SIEGE WINTER by Ariana Franklin Samantha Norman Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2015". AudioFileMagazine.com. AudioFile Publications, Inc. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "THE STORY OF EGYPT by Joann Fletcher Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "A STUDY IN SCARLET WOMEN by Sherry Thomas Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "THE VELVET HOURS by Alyson Richman Read by Tavia Gilbert Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "A CONSPIRACY IN BELGRAVIA by Sherry Thomas Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "A DUKE IN SHINING ARMOR by Loretta Chase Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "THE GLASS TOWN GAME by Catherynne M Valente Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "2018 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "THE TANGLED LANDS by Paolo Bacigalupi Tobias S Buckell Read by Kate Reading Tim Gerard Reynolds | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "WHEN A DUKE LOVES A WOMAN by Lorraine Heath Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "THE ART OF THEFT by Sherry Thomas Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "AT THE END OF THE CENTURY by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Read by Sneha Mathan Vikas Adam Soneela Nankani Neil Shah Henrietta Meire Kate Reading and a Full Cast | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "DEATH AND THE MAIDEN by Samantha Norman Ariana Franklin Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "2019 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO PRAGUE by Carol Windley Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "THE PROPHET by Kahlil Gibran Read by Kate Reading Michael Kramer | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "RHYTHM OF WAR by Brandon Sanderson Read by Michael Kramer Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT THE DUKE by Loretta Chase Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "Audie Awards Finalists and Winners". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM by Elizabeth McCracken Read by Kate Reading | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "The Mischief of the Mistletoe | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "The Garden Intrigue | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "2013 List". Reference & User Services Association (RUSA). 2014-01-29. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "2015 List". Reference & User Services Association (RUSA). 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ Wood, Leighann (2015-02-06). "RUSA announces 2015 book and media awards for adults". American Library Association. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "2016 List". Reference & User Services Association (RUSA). 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "Jennifer Mendenhall | LATW". LA Theatre Works. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
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