A few weeks ago, I sat down on Zoom with the extraordinary actor and performer Holly Adams. Holly has narrated almost 200 audiobooks, including both the Mount Moriah Mysteries and the Deep Dish Mysteries. Holly and I covered a lot of ground during our chat, from the challenges of pronouncing made-up place and character names in epic fantasy novels to ways to subliminally make your audience hold their breath.
I “met” Holly in 2014, when I heard her audition tape for the Audible recording of A Murder in Mount Moriah. You can hear an excerpt of her performance here. Her vibrant personality just zinged out of my computer speakers. There was no question of hiring anyone else once I heard that audition. Everything about that audition tape was great, but one thing that absolutely blew me away was Holly’s ability to give each character an instantly-recognizable way of speaking.
I’ll be posting more soon, but here’s a sneak preview of Holly showing how she moves sound around her mouth to create distinct character voices without changing her accent.
Mindy Quigley 
Dear Mindy,
My name is Jeremy Levy. I live in Colorado, and I found out about your cozy mysteries through the Druâs musings blog. I really think she does a great job with her blog, and I have found many great authors from her blog. Would your cozy mysteries be available in audio, and if so can you find them on audible? Sincerely,
Your new fan, and new listener,
Jeremy Levy
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Hi Jeremy! Thanks for your kind words. Agree completely: the Dru’s Musings blog is amazing.
Yes, all of my Deep Dish Mysteries are (or will be) available on audio. You can get them on audio through Amazon/Audible or B&N. For the next few days, the audiobook of Six Feet Deep Dish is only $2.99 on Chirp! https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/six-feet-deep-dish-by-mindy-quigley. A lot of local libraries also offer Six Feet Deep Dish for free on their Hoopla app. Book two in that series will be coming out on April 25th, 2023, and will be released on audio across all platforms that same day.
-Mindy Q.
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