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Jennifer Mendenhall
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. Personal life Mendenhall was born on February 7, 1960 in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York to William Kenneth Mendenhall, Jr. and Barbara (Suchy) Mendenhall. Her parents moved to England when she was a baby. In 1978, she returned to the United States to attend the University of Virginia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in French and Drama in 1983. Mendenhall married Michael Kramer (narrator), Michael Kramer on October 24, 1992. They currently live in the Washington, D.C. area with their two children. Awards and honors Awards "Best of" lists Stage performances Filmography References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendenhall, Jennifer University of Virginia alumni 1960 births Actors from New York City Living people Audiobook narrators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audie Awards
The Audie Awards (, rhymes with "gaudy"; abbreviated from ''audiobook''), or simply the Audies, are awards for achievement in spoken word, particularly audiobook narration and audiodrama performance, published in the United States of America. They are presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) annually in March. The Audies are commonly likened to the Academy Awards for their public recognition of merit in the audio industry. In order to win, works must be submitted for nomination. A panel of judges considers candidates based on consumer acceptance, sales performance, and marketing, and winners and finalists are chosen based on narration, production quality, and source content; formerly packaging was also evaluated. Awards Twenty-five Audies are currently awarded by the Audio Publishers' Association. The APA presently categorizes the awards as follows: ;Audiobook of the Year * Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year ;Narration * Audie Award for Audio Drama * Audie Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Painted Veil (novel)
''The Painted Veil'' is a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham. The title is a reference to Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1824 sonnet, which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life". The novel was first published in serialised form in five issues of ''Cosmopolitan'' (November 1924 – March 1925). Beginning in May 1925, it was serialised in the United Kingdom in eight parts in ''Nash's Magazine''. The biographer Richard Cordell notes that the book was influenced by Maugham's study of science and his work as a houseman at St Thomas' Hospital.Cordell. Richard A. "Somerset Maugham at Eighty" in ''College English'', Vol. 15, No. 4 (Jan. 1954), pp. 201–207. In the preface to his book, Maugham tells how the main characters were originally called Lane, but that this was subsequently changed to "Fane", following the success of a libel case against the publishers by a Hong Kong couple with the name of Lane. The couple were awarded £250. To avoid simil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Mawer
Simon Mawer ( ; born 1948, England) is a British author who lives in Italy. Life and work Born in 1948 and was educated at Millfield School in Somerset and at Brasenose College, Oxford, Mawer took a degree in Zoology and has worked as a biology teacher for most of his life. He published his first novel, ''Chimera'', (Hamish Hamilton, 1989) at the comparatively late age of forty-one. It won the McKitterick Prize for a first novel by an author over the age of forty. ''Mendel's Dwarf'' followed three works of modest success and established him as a writer of note on both sides of the Atlantic. '' The New York Times'' described it as a "thematically ambitious and witty novel". Uzo optioned film rights, and then later Barbra Streisand optioned them. The novels ''The Gospel of Judas'' and ''The Fall'' came next, followed by ''Swimming to Ithaca'', a novel partially inspired by his childhood on the island of Cyprus. The non-fiction ''A Place in Italy'' (1992), written in the wake o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |