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Hello & welcome! I’m an award-winning actor and audiobook narrator, recording from my home studio in the wilds of Brooklyn, NYC. I’m also an accomplished coach and ‘Voiceographer’ with a background in theatre. I’ve performed off-Broadway and regionally in everything from Shakespeare and restoration comedy to a host of premieres (NYC, West Coast, US & World). I love nothing more than to dig into new work by exceptional writers. Still and always a voracious reader, I’ve narrated more than 180 titles for publishers large and small, as well as a variety of indie authors and publishers. I’m a member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, PANA, NAVA and the APA, and I have a BFA in Acting from Ithaca College.
I live with my husband (noted horror & crime writer John C. Foster) and rescue dog Coraline—a Dutch Shepherd/Pittie mix who is full of ideas—in an apartment filled-to-bursting, floor-to-ceiling, corner-to-absolute-corner with books.
background image: draft manuscript of The Fearing, by John F.D. Taff/copyright Sharon Lawson, Editor
I’ve coached acting, voice & speech and accents & dialects for more than 30 years, including nearly eight years at Edge Studio in NYC. I’ve performed or coached the following, among others:
- Standard American (my “home” accent)
- American Southern (various, both rhotic and non-rhotic)
- New England (various, including Boston, Rhode Island, Maine & “Downeast”)
- New York/NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia; Minnesota & Wisconsin
- Canadian & French Canadian (Québécois)
- British RP, London, Estuary & various other UK accents including Irish and Scottish
- French, German, Austrian, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian
- Russian, General Eastern European, Bosnian, Hungarian
- Egyptian, Middle Eastern, Israeli
- Indian, Pakistani
- Australian, South African
I am so fortunate to work with a huge variety of publishers, including:
| Penguin Random House Macmillan Spotify Brilliance Publishing Highbridge Recorded Books |
Harper Audio Sourcebooks Blackstone Tantor Audio Dreamscape Audible Studios |
And many more, including a variety of indie authors and small presses.
Booth: Studiobricks One
Mic: Neumann TLM102
Interface: RME Babyface
Computer: Mac Mini M2
DAW: Pro Tools
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When not in the booth, I work from a gorgeous 19th century roll-top desk that belonged to my great-grandfather.
Reviews
“Linda Jones’s excellent narration reflects Charlotte’s ambivalence. Young student Annie [is also] voiced by Jones with charming yet annoying naïveté. ”
~ Kirkus/AudioFile Magazine for The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
*Also an AudioFile Editor’s pick, and featured on AudioFile’s “Behind the Mic” podcast.
⭑ “In this gorgeously layered novel about self-forgiveness and allowing oneself to be changed by love, White offers a refreshing take on a classic. Linda Jones narrates Dracula’s third-person passages with perfectly chilling flatness.”
~ Library Journal starred review for Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
⭑ “Linda Jones narrates this heartbreaking and profoundly informative audiobook with polished intimacy and elegance… a must-have for all nonfiction collections.”
~ Library Journal starred review for The Day I Die by Anita Hannig (also included on their ‘Best Audiobooks of the Season’)
“Linda Jones delivers another stellar solo narration, bringing both the eerie and emotional elements to life.”
~ Kate Keune, booksmartkate for Beneath the Poet’s House by Christa Carmen
“Narrated by the fabulous Linda Jones for a stellar performance, elevating the novel and bringing the characters to life. Listeners will be hooked from beginning to end.”
~ Judith Collins for A Long Time Gone by Joshua Moehling
“Thrilling psychological suspense that should appeal to fans of gothic novels …Linda Jones supplies an appropriately melodramatic performance, ably communicating the hallmarks of this gothic mystery—a remote island setting, a haunted house, murderous ghosts, hidden passageways, skeletons, and unsettling stormy weather.”
~ Library Journal for The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen
Award Nods
One Voice Awards
2023 Win—Best Performance, Non-Fiction (for The Day I Die, by Anita Hannig)
Independent Audiobook Awards
2021 Win—Best Horror (for Crossroads, by Laurel Hightower)
2021 Nom—Best Female Narrator (for Crossroads, by Laurel Hightower)
2021 Nom—Best Non-Fiction (for Short Carries: Essays from Adirondack Life, by Elizabeth Folwell)
Voice Arts Awards (SOVAS)
2020 Win—Best Anthology (ens.) (for Wild Monsters Dance About, by MJ Sewall)
Audioverse Awards
2018 Nom—Female Performance (for Uncanny County: Host in the Machine, by Todd Faulkner)
The Thoreau Project
My “Thoreau Project” is particularly meaningful for me, and AudioFile Magazine ran a beautiful spread covering it in the August 2024 edition. It was an honor to be featured.
I was born and raised in Concord, Massachusetts. I went to Thoreau Elementary School, and learned to swim in Walden Pond. My parents rest now in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. I am a New Yorker, absolutely, but I am also a Concordian.
A few years back I recorded Henry David Thoreau’s Walden. That single project grew into more and still more, until I started to wonder if I could get all of Thoreau’s body of work (it’s truly massive) into audio. Spoken Realms has been instrumental in their unwavering support – I wouldn’t have approached it without them.
“Linda Jones narrates this classic memoir with compassion and authenticity. … In the chapter titled ‘Civil Disobedience’ Jones and Thoreau shine brightest.”
~ AudioFile Magazine for Walden by Henry David Thoreau
“Jones’s performance captures the introspective aspects of Thoreau’s words, guiding the listener to consider the importance of walking and simply taking the time to experience the world around them. Her gentle narration makes listening to this audiobook relaxing and enjoyable.”
~ AudioFile Magazine for Walking, Autumnal Tints & Wild Apples by Henry David Thoreau
Hydration
So many beverages in the making of an audiobook.
11,307
Coffee
23,514
H2O
5,557
Tea
31,099,600
Bubbles
(Disclaimer: there may have been additional beverages consumed since the original count… )
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Hello & welcome! I’m an award-winning actor and audiobook narrator, recording from my home studio in the wilds of Brooklyn, NYC. I’m also an accomplished coach and ‘Voiceographer’ with a background in theatre. I’ve performed off-Broadway and regionally in everything from Shakespeare and restoration comedy to a host of premieres (NYC, West Coast, US & World). I love nothing more than to dig into new work by exceptional writers. Still and always a voracious reader, I’ve narrated more than 180 titles for publishers large and small, as well as a variety of indie authors and publishers. I’m a member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, PANA, NAVA and the APA, and I have a BFA in Acting from Ithaca College.
I live with my husband (noted horror & crime writer John C. Foster) and rescue dog Coraline—a Dutch Shepherd/Pittie mix who is full of ideas—in an apartment filled-to-bursting, floor-to-ceiling, corner-to-absolute-corner with books.
background image: draft manuscript of The Fearing, by John F.D. Taff/copyright Sharon Lawson, Editor
I’ve coached acting, voice & speech and accents & dialects for more than 30 years, including nearly eight years at Edge Studio in NYC. I’ve performed or coached the following, among others:
- Standard American (my “home” accent)
- American Southern (various, both rhotic and non-rhotic)
- New England (various, including Boston, Rhode Island, Maine & “Downeast”)
- New York/NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia; Minnesota & Wisconsin
- Canadian & French Canadian (Québécois)
- British RP, London, Estuary & various other UK accents including Irish and Scottish
- French, German, Austrian, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian
- Russian, General Eastern European, Bosnian, Hungarian
- Egyptian, Middle Eastern, Israeli
- Indian, Pakistani
- Australian, South African
I am so fortunate to work with a huge variety of publishers, including:
| Penguin Random House Macmillan Spotify Brilliance Publishing Highbridge Recorded Books |
Harper Audio Sourcebooks Blackstone Tantor Audio Dreamscape Audible Studios |
And many more, including a variety of indie authors and small presses.
Booth: Studiobricks One
Mic: Neumann TLM102
Interface: RME Babyface
Computer: Mac Mini M2
DAW: Pro Tools
⭑
When not in the booth, I work from a gorgeous 19th century roll-top desk that belonged to my great-grandfather.
Reviews
“Linda Jones’s excellent narration reflects Charlotte’s ambivalence. Young student Annie [is also] voiced by Jones with charming yet annoying naïveté. ”
~ Kirkus/AudioFile Magazine for The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
⭑ “In this gorgeously layered novel about self-forgiveness and allowing oneself to be changed by love, White offers a refreshing take on a classic. Linda Jones narrates Dracula’s third-person passages with perfectly chilling flatness.”
~ Library Journal starred review for Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
⭑ “Linda Jones narrates this heartbreaking and profoundly informative audiobook with polished intimacy and elegance… a must-have for all nonfiction collections.”
~ Library Journal starred review for The Day I Die by Anita Hannig (also included on their ‘Best Audiobooks of the Season’)
“Linda Jones delivers another stellar solo narration, bringing both the eerie and emotional elements to life.”
~ Kate Keune, booksmartkate for Beneath the Poet’s House by Christa Carmen
“Narrated by the fabulous Linda Jones for a stellar performance, elevating the novel and bringing the characters to life. Listeners will be hooked from beginning to end.”
~ Judith Collins for A Long Time Gone by Joshua Moehling
“Thrilling psychological suspense that should appeal to fans of gothic novels …Linda Jones supplies an appropriately melodramatic performance, ably communicating the hallmarks of this gothic mystery—a remote island setting, a haunted house, murderous ghosts, hidden passageways, skeletons, and unsettling stormy weather.”
~ Library Journal for The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen
Award Nods
One Voice Awards
2023 Win—Best Performance, Non-Fiction (for The Day I Die, by Anita Hannig)
Independent Audiobook Awards
2021 Win—Best Horror (for Crossroads, by Laurel Hightower)
2021 Nom—Best Female Narrator (for Crossroads, by Laurel Hightower)
2021 Nom—Best Non-Fiction (for Short Carries: Essays from Adirondack Life, by Elizabeth Folwell)
Voice Arts Awards (SOVAS)
2020 Win—Best Anthology (ens.) (for Wild Monsters Dance About, by MJ Sewall)
Audioverse Awards
2018 Nom—Female Performance (for Uncanny County: Host in the Machine, by Todd Faulkner)
The Thoreau Project
My “Thoreau Project” is particularly meaningful for me, and AudioFile Magazine ran a beautiful spread covering it in the August 2024 edition. It was an honor to be featured.
I was born and raised in Concord, Massachusetts. I went to Thoreau Elementary School, and learned to swim in Walden Pond. My parents rest now in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. I am a New Yorker, absolutely, but I am also a Concordian.
A few years back I recorded Henry David Thoreau’s Walden. That single project grew into more and still more, until I started to wonder if I could get all of Thoreau’s body of work (it’s truly massive) into audio. Spoken Realms has been instrumental in their unwavering support – I wouldn’t have approached it without them.
“Linda Jones narrates this classic memoir with compassion and authenticity. … In the chapter titled ‘Civil Disobedience’ Jones and Thoreau shine brightest.”
~ AudioFile Magazine for Walden by Henry David Thoreau
“Jones’s performance captures the introspective aspects of Thoreau’s words, guiding the listener to consider the importance of walking and simply taking the time to experience the world around them. Her gentle narration makes listening to this audiobook relaxing and enjoyable.”
~ AudioFile Magazine for Walking, Autumnal Tints & Wild Apples by Henry David Thoreau
Hydration
So many beverages in the making of an audiobook.
11,307
Coffee
23,514
H2O
5,557
Tea
31,099,600
Bubbles