# Cassandra Campbell

Cassandra Campbell is an American narrator of over 900 audiobooks. She has won four Audie Awards from the Audio Publishers Association and has been a finalist for several more. She has also earned numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile, who named her a Golden Voice Narrator. In 2018, she was inducted into Audible’s Narrator Hall of Fame.
Literary Hub called her "an oral shapeshifter," saying, "her versatility, her emotional intelligence, and her resonant voice make her a much sought-after narrator."

## Biography

Campbell's "mother was a drama teacher and her father was a theater critic."
Prior to narrating audiobooks, Campbell taught in the theater department at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.

## Awards and honors

In 2018, Campbell was inducted into Audible’s Narrator Hall of Fame, and in June 2021, AudioFile named her a Golden Voice narrator, their "lifetime achievement honor for audiobook narrators."

### Awards

Awards for Campbell's work :
| Year | Audiobook | Award | Result |
| 2006 | Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell | Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics | Finalist |
| 2009 | The Help by Kathryn Stockett | Listen-Up Award for Fiction | Finalist |
| 2010 | Double Minds by Terri Blackstock | Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | Finalist |
| 2010 | The Help by Kathryn Stockett | Audie Award for Fiction | Winner |
| 2010 | The Help by Kathryn Stockett | Audie Award for Distinguished Achievement in Production | Winner |
| 2011 | Abigail Adams by Woody Holton | Audie Award for Biography or Memoir | Finalist |
| 2011 | Dreamdark Silksinger by Lani Taylor | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | Top 10 |
| 2011 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot | Audie Award for Nonfiction | Winner |
| 2012 | Emily and Einstein by Linda Francis Lee | Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics | Finalist |
| 2012 | You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon | Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections | Finalist |
| 2013 | Juliet in August by Dianne Warren | Audie Award for Best Female Narrator | Finalist |
| 2013 | Welcome To Bordertown, edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner | Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections | Finalist |
| 2013 | The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud | Listen-Up Award for Audiobook of the Year | Finalist |
| 2013 | The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud | Listen-Up Award for Audiobook Narrator of the Year | Finalist |
| 2013 | The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud | Listen-Up Award for Fiction | Finalist |
| 2014 | He’s Gone by Deb Caletti | Audie Award for Mystery | Finalist |
| 2015 | Life Drawing by Robin Black | Audie Award for Solo Narration--Female | Finalist |
| 2016 | The Lost Landscape by Joyce Carol Oates | Audie Award for Solo Narration--Female | Finalist |
| 2017 | America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie | Audie Award for Fiction | Finalist |
| 2017 | Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult | Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance | Winner |
| 2017 | When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi | Audie Award for Autobiography or Memoir | Finalist |
| 2019 | And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | Selection |
| 2020 | Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White | Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year | Finalist |
| 2020 | Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White | Audie Award for Middle Grade Title | Winner |
| 2020 | Nevertheless We Persisted: Me Too by Em Jae et al. | Audie Award for Original Work | Finalist |
| 2022 | The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun | Audie Award for Romance | Finalist |

### "Best of" lists

Campbell's narrations have frequently landed on lists naming the best audiobooks of the year.
In 2017, Booklist included Campbell's narrations of George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo and Jessica Shattuck's The Women in the Castle on their "Audio Stars for Adults" list. The following year, they included Lincoln in the Bardo on their Listen List for Outstanding Audio Narration.
In 2019, Booklist included Campbell's narration of Delia Owens's Where the Crawdads Sing on their "Audio Stars for Adults" list.
Best audiobooks of the year :
| Year | Audiobook | Organization | Category |
| 2009 | Half Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn | AudioFile | Contemporary Culture |
| 2009 | The Help by Kathryn Stockett | AudioFile | Fiction & Classics |
| 2009 | Lucky Breaks by Susan Patron | AudioFile | Children |
| 2009 | The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister | AudioFile | Fiction |
| 2010 | Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani | AudioFile | Fiction |
| 2010 | Juliet by Anne Fortier | AudioFile | Fiction |
| 2011 | The Program by Kelly Traver and Betty Kelly Sargent | AudioFile | Personal Growth |
| 2012 | Juliet in August by Dianne Warren | AudioFile | Fiction |
| 2012 | Lucky for Good by Susan Patron | ALSC | Children's |
| 2012 | Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool | ALSC | Children's |
| 2014 | Life Drawing by Robin Black | AudioFile | Fiction |
| 2014 | The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton | AudioFile | Young Adult |
| 2014 | Vatican Waltz by Roland Merullo | AudioFile | Fiction |
| 2015 | The Lost Landscape by Joyce Carol Oates | AudioFile | Biography & Memoir |
| 2016 | When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi | AudioFile | Memoir |
| 2017 | The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs | AudioFile | Memoir |
| 2017 | The Jersey Brothers by Sally Mott Freeman | AudioFile | Biography & History |
| 2017 | Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders | Booklist | Adult |
| 2017 | Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders | Booklist | Historical Fiction |
| 2017 | The Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Lindsey Lee Johnson | Publishers Weekly | Fiction |
| 2017 | The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck | Booklist | Adult |
| 2018 | The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck | Booklist | Women's Fiction |
| 2019 | Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | Booklist | First Novels |
| 2019 | Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | Booklist | Women's Fiction |
| 2019 | The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck | Booklist | Historical Fiction |
| 2020 | Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | Booklist | Book-Group Audiobooks |