LOS ANGELES -- If you don’t know the name Bahni Turpin, you probably know her voice. She is a well sought-after narrator for some of the most popular books on your bookshelf. Voicing more than 400 audiobooks for various ages, genres and styles, Turpin is an Audible Hall of Famer and winner of six Audie Awards, multiple Earphone Awards and two Odyssey Awards. In 2016, she was named Audible’s Narrator of the Year as well as Publishers Weekly’s Narrator of the Year for her work on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Underground Railroad” by Colston Whitehead, respectively. Her voice has earned her a spot on the “Golden Voice Narrators” by AudioFile magazine and “Voice of Choice” by Booklist. Readers will be familiar with Turpin’s voice as narrator of some of the most popular and critically-acclaimed books that have been adapted for the film and television, including “The Help,” “The Hate U Give,” “The Underground Railroad” and the children’s book, “The True Meaning of Smekday,” adapted into the animated feature, “Home.” For Women’s History Month, Turpin shares her thoughts on being a voice actress; bringing characters on a page to life for listeners; revealing her process of narrating a book; plus, disclosing some of her favorite books you should add to your bookshelf.
