When you start listening to one of Jenny Myers’ audiobook performances, you’ve begun a journey you won’t want to quit! Her elegant, clear and captivating voice conveys big passions and small nuances of meaning. You’ll experience the troubles and joys of the characters, the impact of the writer’s thoughts, and the anticipation of the perfect pause. She has the human power of the ancient storyteller, gathering you to the warmth of the fire.
After more than 20 years working as a high school English and history teacher, empowering young people to find their voices through drama, language and literature, Jenny Myers now uses her own voice and her keen literary mind in narration. She has always enjoyed reading aloud to students, family and friends, while relaxing on cold winter evenings or on road trips. People are drawn to the warmth, welcome and fun of her reading. You can be confident that she will carry you safely to the end of the story.
She grew up in England, then moved to Canada at the age of sixteen, where she married an American. Her accent is now a general American one, but with the added bonus of precise English enunciation. This gives her the ability to speak clearly to an American or British audience, and also gives her a wide range of accent skills to draw on. She is the Accent Queen!
She lives in northern British Columbia in a log cabin far from the city. It is remote, idyllic and amazingly quiet—perfect for recording! Her sound-proof audiobooth is in a spare bedroom. It is a cozy place when the world outside is covered with snow.
Her teaching background has made her a detail-oriented person. She is warm and empathetic and gets emotionally immersed in the story, but also does her homework with pronunciations, meanings, and geographical and historical context. She also aims for excellence in recording quality. Through practice and training, she has developed versatility of expression. She can be powerful and authoritative, gentle and painfully loving, playfully witty, sharply sarcastic, or darkly dangerous. She specializes in mysteries, thrillers and literary fiction (she LOVES historical fiction!), but she has narrated many different genres.
Her experience teaching reading and writing has given her a drive and purpose in life to increase literacy and the love of reading. Many people say, “I hate reading” or “I don’t have time for reading” because they are actually auditory learners: they can enjoy books better through audio. The recent rise in audiobook production is a wonderful opportunity for these people to access and learn to love books. Jenny is on fire to be a part of this movement!
She’s smart, capable, reliable. She’ll get the job done!
“Story Time Grotto”: Her professional recording booth featuring both sound proofing (eliminating noise from the outside world) and sound treatment (removing inside echoes).
Equipment:
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- Rode NT1 large diaphragm condenser microphone
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- Presonus Studio 24c audio interface
Software:
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- Studio One Artist
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- RX Izotope Standard
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- Audacity
Training Coaches:
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- Sunny McMurtrey
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- Don Baarns
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- Hillary Huber
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- Kelsey Navarro-Foster
- Marni Penning
- Tim Pabon
- Andi Arndt
- Jesse Bickford
- David Bendena
Fun facts:
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- She has travelled to 14 countries, so she has a special love and knowledge of geography.
- Her previous career as a teacher makes her a specialist in history.
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- She enjoys karaoke with friends. She loves to sing.
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- Although she loves the North, and skiing and snowboarding, she prefers summer, and swimming.
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- She plays piano in a band called the Warm Suitcases.
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- She served on the local public library board for five years.
- She does a lot of cooking and baking, and even made home-made cheese for about 20 years.
- She is a Christian.
- She is six feet tall!
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- Proud member of the APA and PANA.
Social Media links:
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- Facebook: “Jenny Audio” https://www.facebook.com/jennyaudio
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- Instagram: “jennymyersaudio” https://www.instagram.com/jennymyersaudio/
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- LinkedIn: “Jenny Pullen-Myers” https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-pullen-myers-15bb9a99
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- Tiktok: “jennyaudio” https://www.tiktok.com/@jennyaudio?lang=en
- Link Tree: https://linktre.ee/jennyaudio
Maria Frankland
Vanessa Passmore
“Listening to Jenny speak keeps one yearning for more. She has a dynamic and energetic quality to her tone that invites the listener to come and stay a while. Her gentle accent is so refreshing, a truly rare and unique listening experience.”
Ryan Buerge
[Jenny Myers has a] soft and friendly voice, especially good when there are various English accents involved.
Angela Marshall
Jenny did a fantastic job producing [my audiobook]. She is both a talented narrator and a joy to work with. I highly recommend her.
Joyce Coy
“Jenny has a marvelous talent as a reader of our stories. She expertly vocalizes emotions with intensity as if she is really living it. She keeps you eager to hear the rest of the story, because she has the vocal expertise of an interesting actress.”
Susie Sinclair
“Jenny read it exactly the way it sounded in my head as I wrote, which gives me more confidence as an author! She knows the ‘power of the pause’ and has a gentle clear voice. I don’t often like being read to, but could (and will) listen to Jenny for hours! I think she is the best reader I know.”
Theresa Wise
“I love listening to narrator, Jenny Myers. You can feel the characters’ emotions as she draws you into the story. She skillfully speaks with clear diction and with many accents. A wide variety of characters and singing pose no problem for her. Sometimes I think she must have read my mind, because she’s right on target portraying the essence of my characters. Jenny is amiable, conscientious, a joy to work with.”
Michael James Emberger
“Jenny did an amazing job. She brought my book to life with emotion and heart, and I enjoyed hearing her portrayals of the characters as they were introduced. She ‘got’ the feelings of the scenes like I intended them. I can say with confidence that this audiobook is my preferred way for readers to experience my story.”