About Mary Beth Garber

MBGarber Audiobook Narrator

Quick study, quick turnaround. Excellent at taking direction. Home studio. Thorough. Reliable.

Recorded my first 6 audiobooks at Deyan Audio, 14 more at my home studio, all available on Audible, or on Learning Ally.  Narrated for Tantor, Deyan, and 4 small publishers. Love mysteries, but my range will surprise you.  Thrive on becoming other people in difficult situations.  I have cried as a character in every book, even – maybe especially – the memoirs.

  • I had a long career speaking for a living in the media world.  As a top seller, multi-award winner, I created stories to make ideas make sense and sound appealing.

  • Did a decade as an Instructor at UCLA Extension, know how to make factual stuff sound interesting and compelling.

  • An Army brat, lived in 9 countries on 3 continents by the age of 9 and developed an ear for many accents and speech patterns.

  • Really know jargon from medical, higher education, media, governmental committees, and non-profit worlds. And I can bring to life the myriad personalities and drives that come with them.

  • Mom, widow, grandmother, dog lover, cat admirer.

Moved to the Los Angeles area for college and stayed.  Hung out in Malibu for 20 years trying to avoid facing LA traffic (fooling myself), and recently moved to Carlsbad, CA where I built a house with a recording studio.  The ocean is just as beautiful—and far more peaceful—here. 

Languages

English (North American)
Accents
British, French, Yiddish, German, American Southern, Scottish, General European, access to many more to learn to mimic

Proficient
French

 

Voice Ages

Child, Adult (for characters, not a complete book), Middle Aged, Senior
 

Experience

Narrated 20 audiobooks — 14 fiction, 3 non-fiction memoirs, 3 non-fiction

Four-time Voice Arts Awards juror

Three years of Little Theater. Notable roles: Millie in “Picnic” and Madame Arcati in “Blythe Spirit”
 

Education

BA from Pitzer College, Claremont, CA. Acting from Northwestern workshop, Los Angeles little theater group.

Narration chops from Deyan Institute Audio narration courses, Pat Fraley and Scott Brick Curriculum of Audio Narration courses, PJ Ochlan’s Intro and Master Classes, Jim Johnson and Dan O’Day (accents). Studied with Khris Hvam, Paul Allen Ruben, and Sean Pratt.