DEANNA ANTHONY
MULTIDISCIPLINED ARTIST
Deanna Anthony - Audiobook Narrator
Audiobook Demo Samples
“Deanna Anthony was the narrator and her voice was like a hug.”
LITERARY FICTION
MURDER MYSTERY
PYSCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
NONFICTION
ROM COM
COMEDIC NEW ADULT
MEMOIR
KIDS LIT
PARANORMAL FANTASY
SAPPHIC ROMANCE
“Anthony, a 2023 Audie Award Finalist on the mic, reads each essay with versatility, passion, and distinction, as if she were a contributing author."
“Deanna Anthony was fabulous bringing the characters to life with her voice. I so appreciate it when a narrator has distinguishable voices for the characters so I know exactly who is speaking.”
THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Deanna Anthony is a classically trained award-winning Actress and Singer (IAAPA Brass Ring Award for Best Theatrical Production in AGVA role of Mwongozo for “Tale of the Lion King”; SFCF Follow Your Dream Award in role of Mama Bear / Mama Bear / Dragon for “Shrek the Musical”; Valley Theatre Award for Best Musical as Assistant Director / Stage Manager for “Dreamgirls”), a PANA Narrator of Distinction Inaugural Winner (solo nonfiction narration “Hood Wellness: Tales of Communal Care from People Drowning on Dry Land”), an Earphones Award-winning (solo Literary Fiction narration "Lauren Harper Falls Apart"; multicast Mystery Thriller narration "A True Verdict"), and Audie Finalist Audiobook Narrator (multicast nonfiction narration ("The Sex Lives of African Women”), a Best Black Narrator Nominee, an Earphones Award-winning Director (duet Fiction narration "Where the Wildflowers Grow"), Producer, Host, and Voiceover Artist that has worked in the Entertainment industry for over 35 years. A former model and beauty queen turned casting director and booking agent, she has also personally performed in over sixty-two regional and international theaters in 77 different stage productions and live performances.
She is currently well-known for professional stage, commercial, indie film, audiobook narration and podcast performances and direction / producing, music / podcast / audiobook production coordination and management work, with 145 fiction and nonfiction audiobook titles released on Audible, between herself and her alter egos.
With a background on stage, on camera, and in the booth, storytelling is at the essence of what she does every day. Bringing a broad range of skills, effervescence and conviction to her delivery process, Deanna's theatre background has prepared her to use her voice to bring life to art. Extensive acting training in drama, comedy, audiobook narration and performance, character work and scene study equips her with the skill to tell a story from the perspective of an author, to become each character, while intense vocal training gives her the strength and dexterity to portray a wide range of multiple personality and varying gendered and non-gendered characterizations.
Deanna is comfortable self-directing and directing others (actors, singers, voice talent, authors, celebrities, household names and journeymen, for instance) when, and as, needed. Deanna has a professional recording studio equipped for solo and remotely engineered recording sessions. She can also accommodate in-studio sessions throughout Greater Los Angeles and Orange County California (please reach out for schedule details).
Audiobook narration to date includes, but is not limited to:
Non-Fiction (Biography/Memoir, Business, Children's and Early Reader, Picture Book, Educational, Environmental, Finance, Health and Wellness, Historical, Justice, Political, Pop Culture, Public Policy, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion and Spirituality, Self Help, Social Sciences, Sports, True Crime, Young Adult),
Mystery (Cozy, Psychological / Thriller),
Romance (Contemporary, Closed Door / Open Door, Rom Com, Paranormal, Romantica, Romantasy, Sapphic, Sci Fi, Southern, Sports, Suspense, Sweet, Urban, African American, Urban Fantasy, Western),
Literary Fiction,
Domestic Drama,
Humor,
Women's Fiction,
Short Story Anthologies,
Nonfiction Historical Anthologies,
World Literature,
Children's Literature (Early Learning, Kids, Middle Grade),
Teen and Young Adult,
Speculative Fiction,
New Adult,
Historical Fiction,
Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Horror,
Multi-Cultural,
Multi-Racial,
Motivational,
Inspirational,
Poetry,
Graphic Novel,
Cryptid Tales
Apocalyptic and Gothic Horror genres.
When not recording, filming or performing live as talent, Deanna provides performance directing / audiobook directing services, production management and project casting / support / coordination for:
Brilliance Publishing
Hachette Book Group
HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Christian, HarperCollins Focus, HarperOne,
Harlequin
John Marshall Media,
Listening Library
Mosaic Audio
Punch Audio
Scholastic
Simon and Schuster,
Sourcebooks,
Talkbox Productions
Zondervan
Independent Authors,
Independent Film Directors and Producers.
For Professional and Educational Theatre Companies, she teaches vocal technique and performance for professionals of stage, on-camera and on the mic and coaches for self-taped and in-studio auditions at various levels of production performance.
She enjoys cooking, baking, quilting, traveling domestically and internationally, stellar dining experiences, reading and writing, well-choreographed practical stunt work, physical comedy, and a really good, connective superhero moment (especially those involving unassuming, everyday humans), and currently collaborates on The Narrator Roundtable Podcast in the role of Co-Host and Co-Producer.
Industry people have long said, “She’s the real deal”, “You want someone with an impeccable work ethic and spirit for what she does...this is your girl” and many have simply said, “hire her”.
FACTS AT A GLANCE
- Narrator of Distinction Inaugural Winner for Solo Narration
- Earphones Winner as Narrator for Solo (Fiction) and Multicast (Thriller/Suspense)
- Earphones Winner as Director for Multicast (Fiction)
- Audie Finalist as Narrator for Multicast (Nonfiction)
- Best Black Narrator Nominee
- Audiobook Narrator Goldie Nominee (pseudonym)
- Audio Publishers Association Member
- Professional Audiobook Narrators Association Member
- Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
- Actors Equity Association
- American Guild of Variety Artists
- National Association of Voice Artists
- Society of Voice Artists and Sciences
Actor / Narrator / Singer / Live Performance Union Membership - SAG AFTRA, Actors' Equity Association (AEA), and American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA)
Professional Personal Recording Studio - Audio Techinca AT4047/SV, Rode NT1, AKG c1000s, Sennheiser MKH 416, Audio Technica ATH-M50x, Shure A15HP High Pass Filter, Triton Audio Fethead Phantom Preamp, Universal Audio Apollo Solo, Focusrite Scarlet 2i2, Pro Tools, Reaper, Twisted Wave, Audacity, Izotope RX, Mac/PC
Accents - American (Standard, Southern, Texan, West Coast, Los Angeles, New York, New England, Appalachian, MidAtlantic, MidWest); African (Nigerian, Kenyan, Sudanese)
Secondary Character Accents - Caribbean (Haitian, Jamaican), British (RP, Cockney); Irish
Fluent Language - English
Secondary Familiarity Languages - French, Spanish, Italian, and some Latin
Hobbies - Reading, Quilting, Sewing, Crochet, Cooking, Baking
Life Experience - Production Coordinator, Director, Producer, Casting Director, Agent, Recording Artist, Cruise Director, Event Management, Front of House & Ticketing, Retail & Merchandising, Customer Service & Relations, Executive Administration, Sales & Marketing, Teacher, Teen Model, Tour Guide
Areas of Knowledge - Omegaverse, Vocal Pedagogy, Vocal Technique & Performance, Band Drum Major, Dance Captain, Beauty Pageants, Certified Cake Decorator, Certified Interior Designer, Musical Theatre, Music (Classical, Pop, R &B, Gospel, Jazz), Dance (Ballet, Ballroom, Contemporary, Competition, Hip Hop, Tap, Theatre) Drum and Bugle Core, Psychology, Marvel, Law of Attraction, International Travel, Feng Shui, Grant Writing, Non-Profit Org, Improv (vocal, stage and on camera)
Different Details - Competed in Miss America local and state pageants, has traveled and toured extensively through South Asia, and select US and International cities with Cirque Du Soleil.
* Deanna is an active member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and AGVA professional performance unions, the Audio Publishers Association, and the Professional Audiobook Narrators Association. She is available for audiobook productions with Recorded Books, Curated Audio, John Marshall Media, HarperCollins, Hachette Audio, One Night Stand Productions, Blackstone Publishing, Sourcebooks, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Dreamscape Media, Amistad, Talkbox Productions, Eljin Productions, Tantor Media, Highbridge and Ascent Audio, BEEAudio, Podium Entertainment, High Gravity Productions, Workman Publishing, Deyan Audio, Tydef Studios, and through Common Mode, Sounds True, Macmillan Audio, Brilliance Publishing, One Audiobooks, Audiobook Empire, AHAB Talent, ACX and more!
“…they convincingly [imbued] each bookseller or librarian with just the right amount of personality that I might as well have been listening to recorded interviews with the individuals behind the stories.”
“I absolutely loved the narrator that was chosen for this book, I think they really added to it and made me like the story even more. I also appreciate how well Deanna Anthony was able to switch accents and voices between characters, even minor ones.”