Narrator Profile Alan Sklar   Alan Sklar is a totally engaged voice actor. In the midst of a busy, successful career as a corporate narrator, commercial voice-over actor, live event host, and on-camera spokesman, Alan decided in 1996 that he would expand his work to audiobook narration. In just over 10 years, Alan has become a go-to voice for complex works of nonfiction and business books. AUDIOFILE contributing editor Thomas Walken tells why: “Alan’s deft phrasing and ability to modulate vocal intensity keep his pleasing voice well matched to the energy in the ideas.” Alan himself says he likes to make the books “fun.” “Business books can be so boring,” says the former businessman. “I want to grab the listeners’ attention and make it interesting.” He always takes the material seriously, he says, but if the author introduces humor, then Alan narrates “with a chuckle in my voice.” He is astute at getting the author’s intent and style, and a key source is the authors themselves. “I like to take direction from the author,” Alan says, “not only for help with pronunciations but because a phone conversation allows me to get who they are.” Alan has had great success with some high-profile titles like A CIVIL ACTION and BLACK HAWK DOWN and, more recently, Lawrence Wright’s THE LOOMING TOWER. Listeners can sense Alan’s involvement with the story, and that commands attention--much as you would never turn away from a friend who was telling you something fascinating. Alan is the perfect example of how the right narrator can dazzle listeners and involve them in troubling aspects of history or contemporary life. Steven Johnson’s THE GHOST MAP, about an 1854 cholera epidemic (and an Earphones winner), and Jim Wooten’s WE ARE ALL THE SAME, the story of a young AIDS sufferer (and an Audies finalist), are just two examples of how Alan’s engagement with the story makes for compelling listening. Alan doesn’t like to be confined to nonfiction, because he also has a passion for mysteries and loves to use the character voices he keeps in his “narrator’s bag of tricks.” Among his personal, and listeners’, favorites are titles by Lawrence Block. Alan gets vocal inspiration from other narrators, especially his audio heroes--George Guidall, Robert Forester, and Andrew Sachs. “I’m listening all the time--usually with three or four books going at once.” He eavesdrops, too, “on the subway or wherever I am.” Asking what language a fellow traveler may be speaking (Albanian, Serbo-Croatian, or whatever) can add to his facility with dialects. He is skilled with Russian, French, and Italian and is about to start lessons in Arabic. “I had to research so many words for THE LOOMING TOWER, I’ve just decided to become more fluent, as there will be more books that I need Arabic for.” Alan’s vocal smoothness and his dedication to the audiobook art form are gifts to listeners. --2007 Narrator Yearbook
	BBC AUDIOBOOKS AMERICA, (FORMERLY CHIVERS, N.A.)
	1) Blood & Thunder, by Max Allan Collins    2) The Death Bringers, by Dell Shannon   3) Murder By The Tale, by Dell Shannon    4) The Dog Who Bit A Policeman, by Stuart Kaminsky    5) Tanner On Ice, by Lawrence Block    6) A Civil Action, by Jonathan Harr        (Booklist – An Editors' Choice Audiobook of 1999)   7) The Wall, by John Marks    8) The Cliff Walk, by Don J. Snyder    9) Heartwood, by James Lee Burke 10) In The Midst Of Death, by Lawrence Block 11) The Sins Of The Father, by Lawrence Block 12) Time To Murder & Create, by Lawrence Block 13) Candyland, by Evan Hunter & Ed McBain 14) Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris        (AudioFile Earphones Award) 15) Black Hawk Down, by Mark Bowden  16) The Cat Who Came For Christmas, by Cleveland Amory 17) Enough Rope, by Lawrence Block  18) Psychopath, by Keith Ablow 19) The Kennedys – America’s Emerald Kings, by Thomas Maier        (AudioFile Earphones Award) 20) All The Flowers Are Dying, by Lawrence Block 21) Grifter’s Game, by Lawrence Block 22) The Girl With The Long Green Heart, by Lawrence Block          (AudioFile Earphones Award) 23) Deadman’s Poker, by James Swain        (AudioFile Earphones Award) 24) Deadman’s Bluff, by James Swain 25) Lucky At Cards, by Lawrence Block 26) Leadership From The Inside Out: Becoming A Leader For Life, by Kevin Cashman 27) Helping: How To Offer, Give & Receive Help, by Edgar Schein All of the above recorded at GIZMO Audio & Video Post (NYC)
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	1) Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, by Ross King  2) The Kennedys – America’s Emerald Kings, by Thomas Maier (Abridged)
	TANTOR MEDIA, INC.
	1) Sailing Alone Around The World, by Joshua Slocum  2) Measuring America, by Andro Linklater 3) Losing Bin Laden, by Richard Miniter 4) St. Patrick: A Modern Biography, by Philip Freeman 5) Rumsfeld’s War, by Rowan Scarborough 6) Mind Wide Open, by Steven Johnson 7) Prisoner of The Vatican, by David I. Kertzer 8) We Are All The Same, by Jim Wooten 9) Dangerous Women, edited by Otto Penzler 10) Secrets Of The Kingdom, by Gerald Posner 11) China, Inc., by Ted Fishman 12) The Secret Society of Demolition Writers (Short Stories), edited by Marc Parent 13) San Francisco Is Burning, By Dennis Smith 14) Our Inner Ape, by Frans De Waal 15) My Hero: Extraordinary People On The Heroes Who Inspire Them, by the authors 16) The Wal-Mart Effect, by Charles Fishman 17) The Invisible Employee, by Adrian Gostick & Charles Elton          (AudioFile Earphones Award) 18) Primal Branding, by Patrick Hanlon 19) Why Business People Speak Like Idiots, by B.Fugere, C.Hardaway, & J. Barshawsky 20) Before The Dawn, by Nicholas Wade 21) The Shangri-La Diet, by Seth Roberts, Ph.D. 22) Facing Down Evil, by Clint Van Zandt 23) The Looming Tower, by Lawrence Wright        (AudioFile Earphones Award) 24) Dynasties: The Greatest Family Businesses, by David Landes 25) Trump 101, by Donald J. Trump with Meredith McGiver 26) The Ghost Map (London’s Cholera Epidemic), by Steven Johnson 27) The Six Fundamentals of Success, by Stuart Levine 28) Cut To The Chase, by Stuart Levine 29) Unholy Messenger (The Life & Times of the BTK Serial Killer), by Stephen Singular 30) The Unwritten Laws of Business, by W.J.King & James G. Skakoon 31) The Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Rosen 32) Wikinomics, by Don Tapscott & Anthony Williams 33) The Mystery Method: How To Get Beautiful Women Into Bed, by Erik Von Marovik 34) The Obvious, by James Dale 35) The House Of Mondavi (The Rise & Fall of An American Wine Dynasty), by Julia Flynn Siler 36) Off The Record (The Press, The Govt., & The War Over Anonymous Sources), by Norman Pearlstine 37) Cheney: The Untold Story Of America’s Most Powerful Vice President, by Stephen Hayes 38) A Ball, A Dog, & A Monkey - 1957 - The Space Race Begins, by Michael D’Antonio 39) Favorite Stories of Christmas Past (10 classics), Read by Renee Raudman & Alan Sklar 40) The Terrorist Watch, by Ronald Kessler 41) Connected: 24 Hours In The Global Economy, by Daniel Altman 42) A Personal Stand: Observations/Opinions From A Roughneck, by Trace Adkins 43) Patriot Pirates, by Robert H. Patton 44) The Blue Religion, New Stories About Cops, Criminals, & The Chase, by Mystery Writers of America; Edited by Michael Connelly 45) Executricks or How To Retire While You’re Still Working, by Stanley Bing 46) Gaspipe: Confessions Of A Mafia Boss, by Philip Carlo 47) The End Of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created A War Without End, by Peter W. Galbraith 48) Unintended Consequences, by Peter W. Galbraith 49) Black Belt Patriotism: How To Reawaken America, by Chuck Norris 50) Feeling Good Together: The Secret To Making Troubled Relationships Work, by David Burns, M.D.
	HARPER AUDIO
	1) Jesus For The Non-Religious, by John S. Spong 2) Think Big & Kick Ass In Business & In Life, by Donald Trump and Bill Zanker 3) The Way Of The World, by Ron Suskind
	BLACKSTONE AUDIOBOOKS
	1) Long March To Freedom, by Thomas R. Hargrove 2) Europe’s Last Summer, by David Fromkin  3) Gallant Lady (The Story of USS Archerfish), by Ken Henry & Don Keith 4) Treachery, by Bill Gertz 5) David Henderson’s Dog Stories, by David Henderson
	REDWOOD AUDIOBOOKS
	1) The Power of Resilience, by Robert Brooks & Sam Goldstein 2) The Successful Investor, by William O’Neil 3) Seasons & Days, by Thomas McIntyre 4) The Harvard Medical School Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol, by Mason W. Freeman, M.D. 5) iCon ...Steve Jobs: The Greatest 2nd Act in The History of Business, by Jeffrey Young & William Simon 6) Wink: The Incredible Life of Jimmy Winkfield, by Ed Hotaling
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	The Pit & The Pendulum, by Edgar Allan Poe
	THORNDIKE AUDIO BOOKS
	1) Mortal Memory, by Thomas H. Cook  2) Ghostrider One, by Gerry Carroll
	DH AUDIO
	1) Shades of 66, by Michael A. Dymmoch   (One in a Short Story Collection) 2) Verdict, by Nancy Pickard and  3) Four Views of Justice, by Jon Breen  (Two in a Short Story Collection)
	BRILLIANCE AUDIO
	Murder In Foggy Bottom, by Margaret Truman
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	Confessions Of A Medical Heretic, by Dr. Robert Mendelsohn
	LISTEN & LIVE AUDIO, INC.
	1) Epic: Stories of Survival From the World's Highest Peaks, edited by Clint Willis      (A GOLD AWARD Winner from Foreward Magazine) 2) High: Stories Of Survival From Everest & K2, edited by Clint Willis
	RANDOM HOUSE
	1) Exceeding Customer Expectations, by Kirk Kazanjian 2) Road To Baghdad, by Martin Stanton
	AUDIO RENAISSANCE
	1) Winning The Future, by Newt Gingrich 2) Failed States, by Noam Chomsky
Abridged Non-fiction:
	PENGUIN AUDIOBOOKS
	1) The Age of Spiritual Machines, by Raymond Kurzweil 2) I Don't Have To Make Everything All Better, by Gary & Joy Lundberg
	HIGHBRIDGE AUDIO
	1) Future Wealth, by Stan Davis & Chris Meyer 2) Healing Anxiety And Depression, by Daniel Amen, MD & Lisa Routh, MD  3) The Last Week: Account of Jesus' Final Week In Jerusalem, by Marcus Borg & John D. Crossan 4) Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life, by John C. Bogle
Full Cast Recordings:
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	Still Waters, by Tami Hoag
	LEND-A-HAND SOCIETY
	1) Short Stories by O.Henry 2) The Jelly Bean, by F. Scott Fitzgerald  3) Rain, by W. Somerset Maugham

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