Christa Lewis
SOVAS & Earphones
award-winning audiobook narrator
an evocative voice
for the human journey
350+ audiobook narrations
🏆SOVAS Voice Arts® Winner (2019)
Audie Award® Finalist (2018, 2020)
SOVAS Voice Arts® Nominee (2017, 2018, 2020)
🏆10x AudioFile Earphones Award Winner (9x Narration, 1x Directing)
Genres & Accents
Genres
Accents
Reflections
Non-Fiction
Historical narratives ask you to journey along challenging and sometimes dark chapters of our shared human experience without overwhelming the narrative.
They require emotional depth as well as linguistic accuracy in several languages.
With my experience narrating deep dives into some of the darkest chapters of human history in Non-Fiction titles, I strive to bear witness with neutrality and empathy while keeping the story alive and facts straight across complex contexts—as in Sarah Helm's rigorously researched account of Ravensbrück, the only WWII concentration camp built for women that sought to illuminate the experiences of many of the women incarcerated there. As a lifelong learner, encountering works such as the luminous Floating Coast by Bathsheba Demuth or the erudite and fascinating The World She Edited by Pulitzer Finalist Amy Reading are sheer delight.
Floating Coast
by Bathsheba Demuth
I cannot think of another recent work that is both path breaking environmental history and breathtaking work of literature. The research is deep and the argument persuasive, this would be an important work if the writing were pedestrian.
But the writing is luminous. So many times I stopped to savor a phrase, so perfect. This is the best work of history I've read in years.
— Audible Listener
Ravensbrück
by Sarah Helm
The narration is some of the best I have ever heard. The care and respect with which Christa Lewis reads these 32+ hours makes it so much more than a performance, and yet, from a performance standpoint, hers is impeccable. So many dialects, each perfectly intoned, each made a distinct, individual character- what a memorial to the Ravensbrück women she has helped create here.
I'm very grateful to both author and narrator.
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The World She Edited
by Amy Reading
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
"Meticulously researched." —The New York Times
"A first-rate biography." —Washington Post
A lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White, who helped build the magazine’s prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women.
Young Adult (YA)
Wolf By Wolf
by Ryan Graudin
— An Amazon Best Book of the Year
— A Huffington Post Top Ten YA Book of the Year
Lewis's reading is as compelling as the fast-paced writing and the lyrical imagery. Lewis transitions easily between accents and emotional tones that color and define characters, situations, and time periods.
— AudioFile Magazine
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Arrows of the Queen
by Mercedes Lackey
I read this book years ago. Listening to it on audible made it just as magical. The narrator is wonderful and I was drawn into the story again immediately.
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Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken
by Nita Tyndall
Loved this book. It was read well and you really get drawn into the characters and the anxiety surrounding the situation. Plan on getting a physical copy and will definitely read again.
— Audible Listener
Young adult fiction, always surprises me with the depth and range of experiences from the magic-bonded kingdoms of epic fantasy to the high-stakes worlds of alternate history.
Whether I'm losing myself in a war-torn fictive Europe, riding alongside a telepathic Companion or battling my way through supernatural intrigue, young women finding themselves, their courage and their place in the world are my north star.
International Thrillers &
Fiction in
Translation
Children of the Dead
by Elfriede Jelinek
Scrupulously rendered for the first time in English by Gitta Honegger, The Children of the Dead takes listeners on a mind-bending ride through time, space, and memory.
Concocted from experimental theater, splatter film, Gothic literature, philosophy, religion, and more, Jelinek's phantasmagorical masterwork is a fierce confrontation with our fraught legacies in the name of the innocent dead.
Memoirs of a Polar Bear
by Yoko Tawada
A rare find and quite possibly one of my top picks for the year.
This novel is deeply symbolic and portrays complex processes through an innocent soul's language. What I admire the most is the disintegration of the elements of traditional English literature. This is largely the most common critique of this novel (for some reason).
True, it is not a tactfully placed story arch and dramatized climax embellished with sprinklings of foreshadow and metaphors. But I think you should appreciate that aspect most of all as the overarching theme is the celebration of Eastern culture in its attempts to interact with Western views.
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I provide native-level bilingual fluency that serves as a bridge for international thrillers and translated European literature.
I've had the privilege of submerging myself in the dark, psychological depths of Austrian literature in the NYT-acclaimed Killing Stella by Marlen Haushofer and the Nobel-prize winning dissection of Austria's fraught relationship with its WW2 legacy, in Children of the Dead by Nobel Laureate Elfriede Jelinek, translated by utterly astonishing Gitta Honegger.
I try to never lose sight of the performance while providing the authentic nuance and linguistic accuracy that publishers and listeners expect.
Killing Stella
by Marlen Haushofer
The Book: A masterwork of Austrian literature.
— The New York Times
The Performance: The metaphors and accusations come fast and land hard in this stunning, brilliant feminist noir.
— Audible Listener
Philosophy
Memoir & the
Human Journey
Thrive Socially with Adult ADHD by Dr. Shawn Horn
An essential, expert-led guide to navigating the social complexities of the neurodivergent mind. Dr. Shawn Horn provides a transformative roadmap for overcoming shame and building authentic connection, delivered with incisive clarity and professional warmth.
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Learning from the Germans
by Susan Neiman
Required reading for humans. Deeply moving, necessary and accessible wisdom in the incessant pursuit of a truly humane humanity.
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Marlene Dietrich by Maria Riva
A thunderous standing ovation to the narrator who seems to speak without need for pause for 33 hours with arresting, gentle, lulling tones. It's a masterful accomplishment to pour through so many painful and scandalous true-life tales with such delicacy.
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I believe we weave our lives from the stories we tell ourselves and the stories others tell about us- they coalesce into a "narrative " of the human experience.
Whether I am navigating complex ethical landscapes, embodying iconic, intimate life stories or articulating science-backed wisdom, I always try to bridge the gap between academic specificity and heart-centered storytelling.
Cozy Mystery
& Thrillers
I adore the full spectrum of suspense, from the playful charm of lighthearted cozy mysteries to the dark tension of psychological thrillers.
In other words, Mystery, Cozy Mystery and Suspenseful Intrigue / Thrillers are my jam...
Whether I’m sneaking into the sun-soaked Provençal mysteries of M.L. Longworth's Verlaque & Bonnet adventures, racing to keep up with the high-octane action of Amy Vansant’s Shee McQueen series, or trying to keep my wits about me in the gritty, #1 NYT bestselling suspense of Lisa Jackson’s Paranoid, I'm always thrilled to be involved in character-driven storytelling that keeps listeners on the edge of their seats
The Girl Who Wants
by Amy Vansant
Good narration and the story keeps you interested. I’d recommend! Don’t know what happens til the end.
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The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche
by M.L. Longworth
Beautiful writing and narration. Multi-dimensional character development intertwined with the plot and cultural nuances.
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Paranoid
by Lisa Jackson
A suspenseful thriller... It was difficult to stop listening to this book; it caught my attention and kept me eager to hear more. The narration was excellent, which added to an already gripping mystery of lies and murder. Highly recommend.
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SciFi Fantasy &
Magical Realism
The Dragon Prince
by Melanie Rawn
Christa Lewis’s performance brings alive all the emotions and life force of every scene in this tale. The characters live in the pages—you cry and laugh with them. I recommend this to everyone who loves immersive, world-building epic fantasy.
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The Divide
by Jeremy Robinson
Another home run. Such great characters! Christa Lewis's performance truly transported me to another time and place. I recommend this to everyone who loves immersive, world-building sci-fi.
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Forty Rooms
by Olga Grushin
This is a deep and wonderful story, told by a masterful narrator. Christa Lewis brings all the characters to life and each 'room' is very distinct. This is a journey, and a very emotional story.
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The boundless imagination of Speculative Fiction and Magical Realism are my deep love.
Whether I am navigating the lyrical, reality-bending prose of Olga Grushin’s Forty Rooms, grounding the high-stakes dystopian tension of Jeremy Robinson, or voicing the complex, multi-generational lineages of Melanie Rawn’s epic fantasy The Dragon Prince —I dig deeply into the emotional truth of stories that defy the ordinary and grow our imagination.
Audiobook production services & narrations provided
by Liquid Belles Audio LLC, which is Christa Lewis & Pippa Jayne.