Authors From BOLINDA AUDIO

Trudi Canavan

Trudi Canavan’s name came to the attention of the literary world when “Whispers of the Mist Children” won the 1999 Aurealis Award for Best Short Story. Her novel MAGICIAN’S GUILD (2001)--the story of a young slum dweller in an alternative realm who discovers her own magical potential--launched her first trilogy and established her as an up-and-coming novelist. She currently has published more than a dozen novels, including four separate trilogies. Her books have been translated into German, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Czech, Danish, and French.

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Bryce Courtenay

"Audiobooks," Bryce Courtenay told AudioFile, "go back to where stories all began."

At this point, the Australian author is such an inveterate storyteller that he began to tell a story—about telling stories. "It is the gloaming time, and there is a roar of a lion. In front of an early cave, a man by the fire says, ‘This is what happened. . ." Bryce’s impromptu story was full of sounds, colors, and the human voice, and, as he does with his books, he put the listener in the scene, viscerally feeling all the personal and physical elements.

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Sophie Dahl

For Sophie Dahl, the British author and actor--and granddaughter of renowned author Roald Dahl--there was no question that she would narrate her first children’s book, MADAME BADOBEDAH, an enchanting and imaginative story for young listeners. “My characters’ voices have been in my head since the beginning--I couldn’t really imagine someone else doing it. Plus, I got the added bonus of creating the rowdy sea chantey and doing drunken pirate sound effects.” Dahl got her wish and created an audiobook that earned a spot as a finalist in the 2020 Audie Awards.

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Morris Gleitzman

Morris Gleitzman’s children’s stories are among the most widely read and loved in Australia. Armed with a vivid imagination and a clear sense of his younger self, Gleitzman is known for his ability to make readers care about what happens to his characters. Explaining what he looks for in a story, he says, “I’m attracted to a story that’s about something very deep for a small character. Something that involves big emotions, big fears, which, to an adult, might not seem important.” He continues, “As adults, we sometimes make the mistake of assuming that, because children are physically small, their internal worlds are small, as well. And that, of course, isn’t the case.”

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Kerry Greenwood

According to Kerry Greenwood, “Phryne does exactly what she wishes, and I just try to type fast enough to keep up.” That would be Miss Phyrne Fisher, heroine of Greenwood’s witty detective series set in 1920s Australia.

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Melina Marchetta

Australian author Melina Marchetta is always excited about listening to her books on audio. “It’s kind of like the end of a journey for me, but it’s also a bit of a shock as a writer to have your own book read to you. You don’t ever get to creep inside the head of a reader and see how they say words, but with an audio you do.”

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Jodi Picoult

When bestselling novelist Jodi Picoult is writing, her head is full of shouts and murmurs and the rapid-fire conversation of people interrupting each other. “Sometimes,” she says, “it seems that all I’m doing is writing down what I hear.”

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Elizabeth Wein

“The time had come for me to tell a story about a pilot.” That’s how author Elizabeth Wein found her way to writing CODE NAME VERITY, a YA novel about two young women involved in the British war effort during WWII. The book’s many lovingly described details about planes and flying are a testament to Wein’s own experiences as a pilot--and as a woman.

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