Robin Miles
NationalityAmerican
EducationYale University (BA, Theater)
Yale School of Drama (MFA, Drama)
Occupation(s)Stage, screen, and audiobook actress

Robin Miles is an American actor, casting director, audiobook narrator and audiobook director. Miles has acted in Broadway shows and on TV shows including Law & Order and Murder by Numbers. She is best known for her audiobook narrations and narration director work for which she has won numerous awards, including Audie Awards, AudioFile Golden Voice, and Earphone Awards. Miles is revered in her field and is credited as one of the audiobook narrators saving the publishing industry.[1] In 2017, Miles was inducted into Audible's Narrator Hall of Fame.[2] Miles also has a voice training school, VOXpertise, for aspiring narrators.[3] She has narrated over 300 books.[4]

Miles specializes in recreating "accents and speech patterns from around the globe."[5]

Life and career

Robin Miles grew up in New Jersey and credits her immigrant neighborhood for immersing her in a rich world of accents, languages and cultures which she has been able to draw on for her narration work. Miles started in musical theater, but transitioned to drama. Miles graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Studies and she earned her Master of Fine Arts in Drama from Yale School of Drama.[6]

After graduating and moving to New York City, Miles was looking for community service volunteer opportunities. She started book narration by volunteering to read for the American Foundation for the Blind and the National Library Service.[6]

When she started narration work, Miles was surprised by how ethnically segregated the work was considering it is voice work.

"It was like, 'You do the black books, and you're Jewish, you do the Jewish books.' I was totally shocked," she says. "But, it's kind of morphed. It really started out with such a small pool of people, that the people they had did everything whether or not they could handle the accent and culture. And then, when a little more diversity came in, it was like, well nobody can do anything outside of their yard. And now, I think we're also beginning to hopefully, break through that again."[6]

Miles has narrated a wide range of genres including children's books, non-fiction, fantasy, horror, historical fiction, biography and other genres including the Young Reader's Edition of Kamala Harris's The Truths We Hold.

Reviews

"What's the best way to tie together a space opera written alternately by four authors? Clearly, it's choosing the capable Robin Miles to narrate....Miles creatively utilizes dialects to differentiate the denizens of several planets that revolve around a dying sun." AudioFilemagazine of The Vela, 2019[7]

"Robin Miles gives a flawless emotional narration of this superb novel, set in Ethiopia in 1974 and in 1935, on the eve of Mussolini's invasion. Mengiste's beautiful writing already draws fully formed characters; Miles adds yet another dimension to their inner lives by slowing and quickening her voice strategically, adding suspense and fervor to their experiences, particularly those of the tormented protagonist." AudioFile magazine review of The Shadow King, 2019[8]

"The eloquence of Maaza Mengiste's tribute to the forgotten women warriors who defended Ethiopia from Mussolini's invasion in 1935 is unforgettably conveyed by the narrator Robin Miles, whose upbringing in the ethnic melting pot of New Jersey has enhanced her gift for entering into character." The Times UK, 2020 [9]

"Miles, who has narrated works by Roxane Gay, Bell hooks, and N, K, Jemisin, excels at technically perfect Standard American dialect but interjects just enough slightly sarcastic pauses and subtly acerbic inflections to emphasize the true meaning of the text." New York Times, 2020[10]

Awards and honors

In 2014, Booklist named Miles a Voice of Choice narrator.[11] AudioFile magazine has also named Miles a Golden Voice narrator.[12] In 2017, she was inducted into Audible's Narrator Hall of Fame.[2]

Awards

Year Title Award Result Ref.
2007 Brother, I'm Dying (2007) by Edwidge Danticat Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award for Biography Selection [13]
2010 Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award for Nonfiction Winner [14]
2011 Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices by Myers Audie Award for Distinguished Achievement in Production Winner [15]
2013 The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman Audie Award for Children's Titles for Ages 8-12 Finalist [16]
2014 Keeping Hope Alive by Dr. Hawa Abdi Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction Winner [17][18]
METAtropolis: Green Space by Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Seanan McGuire, Tobias S. Buckell, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Ken Scholes Audie Award for Original Work Finalist [17][18]
An Untamed State (2014) by Roxane Gay Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award for Narrator of the Year Finalist [19]
2015 Prepared for a Purpose by Antoinette Tuff Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction Finalist [20][21][22]
Revolution by Deborah Wiles Audie Award for Distinguished Achievement in Production Finalist [20][21][22]
2016 The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Audie Award for Fantasy Finalist [23]
2017 28: Moments in Black History that Changed the World by Charles R. Smith Jr. Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title Winner [24][25][26]
Another Brooklyn (2016) by Jacqueline Woodson Audie Award for Best Female Narrator Finalist [24]
Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics Finalist [24]
In the Embers by Brian Price and Jerry Stearns Audie Award for Audio Drama Winner [24][25][26]
Audie Award for Original Work Finalist [24]
2018 Difficult Women (2017) by Roxane Gay Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections Finalist [27]
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson Audie Award for Excellence in Production Finalist [27]
Audie Award for Science Fiction Finalist [27]
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist [27]
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin Audie Award for Best Female Narrator Finalist [28]
Audie Award for Science Fiction Finalist [27]
2019 Any Man by Amber Tamblyn Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist [29]
Barracoon (2018) by Zora Neale Hurston with Deborah G. Plant (Ed.) Audie Award for Best Female Narrator Finalist [29]
2020 Birthday Suit by Lauren Blakely Audie Award for Audio Drama Finalist [30][31]
Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Winner [25][31]
Have a Nice Day by Billy Crystal and Quinton Peeples Audie Award for Audio Drama Finalist [30][31]
New Kid (2019) by Jerry Craft Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Finalist [30][31]
2021 The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin Audie Award for Best Female Narrator Winner [32][33][25]
Audie Award for Fantasy Winner [32][33][25]
2022 Class Act by Jerry Craft Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Finalist [34]
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (2021) by Dawnie Walton Audie Award for Fiction Winner [34]
Four Hundred Souls (2021) by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain (Eds.) Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist [34]

"Best of" lists

Year Title List Ref.
2008 The Pirate's Daughter   AudioFile Best of Fiction [25]
2008 Brother, I'm Dying (2007) by Edwidge Danticat AudioFile Best of Biography & Memoir [25]
2011 Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff AudioFile Best of Biography & Memoir [25]
2012 The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (2010) by Isabel Wilkerson AudioFile Best of History [25]
2012 Stealing Freedom AudioFile Best of Young Adult [25]
2013 We Need New Names (2013) by NoViolet Bulawayo AudioFile Best of Fiction [25]
2014 Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin AudioFile Best of Biography & Memoir [25]
2015 The Star Side of Bird Hill (2015) by Naomi Jackson AudioFile Best of Fiction [25][35]
2016 28: Moments in Black History that Changed the World by Charles R. Smith Jr. AudioFile Best of Children [25]
2016 Another Brooklyn (2016) by Jacqueline Woodson AudioFile Best of Fiction [25]
2016 Hidden Figures (2016) by Margot Lee Shetterly AudioFile Best of Biography & Memoir [25]
2016 The Obelisk Gate (2016) by N. K. Jemisin AudioFile Best of Science Fiction & Fantasy [25][36]
2017 American Street AudioFile Best of Young Adult [25][37]
2017 The Stone Sky (2017) by N. K. Jemisin AudioFile Best of Science Fiction & Fantasy [25][38]
2018 Barracoon (2018) by Zora Neale Hurston with Deborah G. Plant (Ed.) AudioFile Best of Biography & Memoir [25][39]
2020 When Stars are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed AudioFile Best of Children [25]
2020 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020) by Isabel Wilkerson AudioFile Best of Nonfiction & Culture [25][40]
2021 Four Hundred Souls (2021) by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain (Eds.) AudioFile Best of History & Biography [25][41]
2021 Just As I Am (2020) by Cicely Tyson and Michelle Burford AudioFile Best of Memoir [25]

References

  1. ↑ Timberg, Scott (9 October 2016). "Stars of the spoken word: Meet the audiobook narrators who are quietly saving book publishing". Salon. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 Robin Miles | Audio Books, Best Sellers, Narrator Bio | Audible.com.
  3. ↑ "An Audiobook Narrator on How the Casting Process Works". www.backstage.com. 2020-03-17. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  4. ↑ Voice of Choice: Robin Miles, by Joyce Saricks | Booklist Online.
  5. ↑ "Robin Miles". Recorded Books, rb digital. 10 May 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "This Legendary Audiobook Narrator Has A Fascinating Process For Getting Into Character". Bustle. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  7. ↑ "THE VELA by SL Huang Rivers Solomon Becky Chambers Yoon Ha Lee Read by Robin Miles | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  8. ↑ "THE SHADOW KING by Maaza Mengiste Read by Robin Miles | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  9. ↑ Hardyment, Christina. "The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste audiobook review". The Times, UK. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  10. ↑ Wallace, Carvell (2018-11-16). "Two New Audiobooks Inspire Teenagers to Make Real Change". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  11. ↑ "Robin Miles is 2014 Voice of Choice #audiomonth". The Booklist Reader. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  12. ↑ "AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator Robin Miles". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  13. ↑ Howell, Kevin; Maughan, Shannon (2008-01-07). "The Listen Up Awards The Best Audios of 2007". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  14. ↑ Sehgal, Parul (2011-01-03). "The 2010 Listen-Up Awards". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  15. ↑ "BEA 2011: Audiobook of the Year to 'Life'". PublishersWeekly.com. 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  16. ↑ "2013 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  17. 1 2 "2014 Audie Finalists Announced". PublishersWeekly.com. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  18. 1 2 "2014 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  19. ↑ "The 2014 Listen-Up Awards: The Best Audiobooks of the Year". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  20. 1 2 "Awards: Baileys Women's; Audiobooks; Peters; Doug Wright". Shelf Awareness. 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  21. 1 2 "Awards: Baileys Women's; Audiobooks; Peters; Doug Wright". Shelf Awareness. 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  22. 1 2 "2015 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  23. ↑ "2016 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 "2017 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator Robin Miles". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  26. 1 2 Coreno, Annie (2017-06-09). "The 'Hamilton' Revolution Continues at the Audies". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  27. 1 2 3 4 5 "2018 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  28. ↑ "2018 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  29. 1 2 "2019 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  30. 1 2 3 "2020 Audie Awards Finalists Named". PublishersWeekly.com. 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  31. 1 2 3 4 "2020 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  32. 1 2 Maher, John (2021-03-23). "2021 Audie Award Winners Announced". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  33. 1 2 "2021 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  34. 1 2 3 "2022 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  35. ↑ "THE STAR SIDE OF BIRD HILL by Naomi Jackson Read by Robin Miles | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  36. ↑ "THE OBELISK GATE by NK Jemisin Read by Robin Miles | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  37. ↑ "AMERICAN STREET by Ibi Zoboi Read by Robin Miles | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  38. ↑ "THE STONE SKY by NK Jemisin Read by Robin Miles | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  39. ↑ "BARRACOON by Zora Neale Hurston Deborah G Plant Ed Read by Robin Miles | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  40. ↑ "Audiobooks: AudioFile's Best Audio Titles of 2020". Shelf Awareness. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  41. ↑ "Audiobooks: AudioFile's Best Audio Titles of 2021". Shelf Awareness. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
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