# R. C. Bray

R. C. Bray (born July 28, 1977, in Chicago) is an American producer and voice actor known for over 250 audiobooks, an Audie Award, Earphones Awards, and Voice Arts Awards winner, Off-Broadway and Edinburgh Fringe Festival performer, and TV and radio commercial narrator.

## Early life

Bray began acting in school plays at the age of fourteen years old. He went on to major in theatre at college and later took a job making commercials where he listened to audiobooks during his daily commute.

## Audiobooks

| Title/Series | Author |
| The Martian | Andy Weir |
| After It Happened | Devon C. Ford |
| Arisen series | Michael Stephen Fuchs |
| Expeditionary Force series | Craig Alanson |
| Galaxy's Edge series | Jason Anspach & Nick Cole |
| Wayward Galaxy series | Jason Anspach & J.N. Chaney |
| Infinite | Jeremy Robinson |
| Infinite 2 | Jeremy Robinson |
| The Others | Jeremy Robinson |
| MirrorWorld | Jeremy Robinson |
| Island 731 (Nemesis series) | Jeremy Robinson |
| Xom-B | Jeremy Robinson |
| The Didymus Contingency | Jeremy Robinson |
| NPC | Jeremy Robinson |
| Tribe | Jeremy Robinson |
| Exo Hunter | Jeremy Robinson |
| The Last Hunter series | Jeremy Robinson |
| The Dark | Jeremy Robinson |
| Mountain Man series | Keith C. Blackmore |
| The Majestic 311 | Keith C. Blackmore |
| Planetside series | Michael Mammay |
| Sixth Cycle | Carl Sinclair & Darren Wearmouth |
| The Fear Saga | Stephen Moss |
| The Hell Divers series | Nicholas Sansbury Smith |
| Extinction Cycle: Dark Age | Nicholas Sansbury Smith & Anthony J. Melchiorri |
| The Retreat series | Craig DiLouie, Stephen Knight & Joe McKinney |
| These Dead Lands: Immolation | Stephen Knight & Scott Wolf |
| The Reason You're Alive | Matthew Quick |
| The Commune series | Joshua Gayou |
| All Gifts, Bestowed | Joshua Gayou |
| The Dimension Space series | Dean M. Cole |
| Sector 64 series | Dean M. Cole |
| Reaper (short story appearing in Aliens: Bug hunt ) | Dan Abnett |
| Ash Angels series | Brian K. Fuller |
| Ruins of the Galaxy series | J.N. Chaney & Christopher Hopper |
| Ruins of the Earth series | Christopher Hopper & J.N. Chaney |
| Florida Man | Mike Baron |
| Children of Titan series | Rhett C. Bruno |
| Crash Dive series | Craig DiLouie |
| Lost Gods | Brom |
| The Elementals | Michael McDowell |
| Forgotten Vengeance series | M.R. Forbes |
| After It Happened series | Devon C. Ford |
| Eric Steele series | Sean Parnell |
| The Supers series | Charley Case & Justin Sloan |
| Black series | Russell Blake |
| Cyber series | Matthew Mather |
| Within These Walls | Ania Ahlborn |
| The Home Distiller's Workbook | Jeff King |

## Awards and honors
### Awards

| Year | Title | Award | Result |
| 2014 | Arsonist by Victor Methos | Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Audio Book Narration: Crime & Thriller | Nominee |
| 2014 | The Enemy of My Enemy by Richard Bard | Audie Award for Mystery | Finalist |
| 2014 | The Forgers (2014) by Bradford Morrow | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2014 | The Forgers (2014) by Bradford Morrow | Listen Up Award for Audiobook Narrator of the Year | Finalist |
| 2014 | The Forgers (2014) by Bradford Morrow | Listen Up Award for Fiction | Finalist |
| 2014 | Lion Plays Rough (2014) by Lachlan Smith | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2014 | The Martian by Andy Weir | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Finalist |
| 2014 | The Martian by Andy Weir | Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Audio Book Narration: Science Fiction | Nominee |
| 2014 | Yesterday's Gone, Season One by Sean Platt and David Wright | Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Audio Book Narration: Science Fiction, Best Ensemble | Nominee |
| 2015 | Arisen Omnibus Edition by Glynn James and Michael Stephen Fuchs | Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Casting – Audiobook | Nominee |
| 2015 | The Beam: Season 1 by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Finalist |
| 2015 | The Beam: Season 2 by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant | Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Audio Engineering – Audiobook | Nominee |
| 2015 | Cross My Heart by Abigail Strom | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration – Romance, Best Voiceover | Nominee |
| 2015 | Damoren by Seth Skorkowsky | Audie Award for Paranormal | Finalist |
| 2015 | The Hospital: The First Mountain Man Story by Keith C. Blackmore | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration – Metaphysical, Best Voiceover | Winner |
| 2015 | The Hospital: The First Mountain Man Story by Keith C. Blackmore | Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Production – Audiobook | Nominee |
| 2015 | Hounacier: Valducan (2015) by Seth Skorkowsky | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2015 | Huntress Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration – Crime & Thriller, Best Voiceover | Winner |
| 2015 | The Martian by Andy Weir | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Winner |
| 2015 | The Martian by Andy Weir | Audie Award for Solo Narration - Male | Finalist |
| 2015 | Suffer the Children by Craig Dilouie | Audie Award for Paranormal | Finalist |
| 2015 | Yesterday's Gone, Season One by Sean Platt and David Wright | Audie Award for Paranormal | Finalist |
| 2015 | Yesterday’s Gone, Season 2 by Sean Platt and David Wright | Voice Arts Award for Science Fiction, Best Voiceover | Nominee |
| 2016 | Hounacier: Valducan (2015) by Seth Skorkowsky | Audie Award for Paranormal | Finalist |
| 2016 | In the Shadow of Frankenstein (2016), edited by Stephen Jones | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2017 | 58 Minutes (1987) by Walter Wager | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration – Fiction, Best Voiceover | Nominee |
| 2017 | Diary of an AssCan by Andy Weir | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration: Short Story Anthology, Best Voiceover | Winner |
| 2017 | The Elementals by Michael McDowell | Audie Award for Paranormal | Finalist |
| 2017 | The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens | Audie Award for Mystery | Finalist |
| 2017 | Lost Gods | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration: Fantasy, Best Voiceover | Finalist |
| 2017 | Offbeat: Uncollected Stories | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration: Short Story Anthology, Best Voiceover | Finalist |
| 2017 | The Reason You're Alive (2017) by Matthew Quick | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2017 | Solitude: Dimension Space by Dean M. Cole | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration – Science Fiction, Best Voiceover | Finalist |
| 2018 | Columbus Day: Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson | Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year | Finalist |
| 2018 | Battle Stations by Craig DiLouie | Independent Audiobook Award for Literary Fiction | Finalist |
| 2018 | Planetside (2018) by Michael Mammay | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2018 | Solitude: Dimension Space by Dean M. Cole | Independent Audiobook Award for Science Fiction | Winner |
| 2019 | The Coilhunter Chronicles: Omnibus (2017) by Dean F. Wilson | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2019 | The Coilhunter Chronicles: Omnibus (2017) by Dean F. Wilson | Independent Audiobook Award for Contemporary Fiction | Winner |
| 2019 | Commune by Joshua Gayou | Independent Audiobook Award for Apocalyptica | Winner |
| 2019 | The Others by Jeremy Robinson | Independent Audiobook Award for Science Fiction | Winner |
| 2019 | Planetside (2018) by Michael Mammay | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Finalist |
| 2020 | Birthday Suit (2019) by Lauren Blakely | Audie Award for Audio Drama | Finalist |
| 2020 | Birthday Suit (2019) by Lauren Blakely | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2020 | Colonyside (2020) by Michael Mammay | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2020 | Deathtrap: Expeditionary Force Mavericks by Craig Alanson | Independent Audiobook Award for Science Fiction | Winner |
| 2020 | Extinction Shadow: Extinction Cycle by Nicholas Sansbury Smith and Anthony J. Melchiorri | Independent Audiobook Award for Apocalyptica | Winner |
| 2020 | Extinction Shadow: Extinction Cycle by Nicholas Sansbury Smith and Anthony J. Melchiorri | Independent Audiobook Award for Male Narrator | Finalist |
| 2020 | Dimension Space series by Dean M. Cole | Independent Audiobook Award for Science Fiction Multitude | Finalist |
| 2020 | Tribe by Jeremy Robinson | Independent Audiobook Award for Thriller/Suspense | Finalist |
| 2021 | Florida Man by Mike Baron | Independent Audiobook Award for Humor | Finalist |
| 2021 | The Iceman Always Comes on Tuesday (2019) by James Masse | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2021 | The Majestic 311 by Keith C. Blackmore | Independent Audiobook Award for Best Male Narrator | Finalist |
| 2021 | The Majestic 311 by Keith C. Blackmore | Independent Audiobook Award for Horror | Finalist |
| 2021 | Mind Bullet (2021) by Jeremy Robinson | Earphones Award | Winner |
| 2021 | Return of the Paladin by Layton Green | Independent Audiobook Award for Fantasy | Finalist |
| 2021 | The Roach by Rhett C. Bruno | Independent Audiobook Award for Thriller/Suspense | Winner |
| 2021 | Ruins of the Galaxy by J.N. Chaney and Christopher Hopper | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Finalist |
| 2021 | The Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira by Lou Diamond Phillips | Independent Audiobook Award for Science Fiction | Finalist |

### "Best of" lists

| Year | Title | Award |
| 2014 | File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (2014) by Lemony Snicket | AudioFile Best of Children |
| 2014 | The Martian by Andy Weir | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Adults |
| 2015 | The Martian by Andy Weir | Booklist's Top 10 First Novels on Audio |
| 2015 | The Martian by Andy Weir | Booklist's Top 10 SF/Fantasy/Horror on Audio |
| 2015 | The Martian by Andy Weir | RUSA Listen List |
| 2017 | The Reason You're Alive (2017) by Matthew Quick | AudioFile Best of Fiction |
| 2018 | The Reason You're Alive (2017) by Matthew Quick | RUSA Listen List |