Audible #1 Best-selling narrator | AudioFile Earphones Awards | SOVAS Award 

Fiction: historical / contemporary / literary / cozy mystery / fantasy / cozy romance 

Nonfiction: business / memoir / self-help / academic / spirituality

When I’m not going big - on stage belting out a show tune with a giant feather boa - I’m going home - to my professional studio across the river from Philadelphia. After touring, concerts, special events, jazz clubs, showrooms in casinos, and regional theatre, how else could I get to perform? I can be that small voice in your ear, entertaining, enlightening, and encouraging you, giving you the story, the information, and the inspiration you’re looking for.

Ah, yes … books. I’m passionate about books. (I still surreptitiously sniff those old hardcovers in the library stacks - heaven!) I love to visit local libraries and bookstores when I travel, even when I don’t speak the language. When I’m finished recording for the day, I actually sit down with a book. My husband calls me an addict; I prefer “afficionado.” Having taught reading and writing to all levels of learners from middle school to adult, passing on that excitement is what I live for.

Plus, I get to learn every day: accents, terminology, research - all music to my ears. Singing in several languages prepares me to acquire the voices of my characters in fiction and the authority of my expert nonfiction authors.

I’m a Jersey girl who must have a beach and a lake, will sing almost anything, and talk to pretty much anybody. I live with my husband and a houseful of musical instruments and books, and the biggest deal going on in my life right now is my incredibly talented, articulate, and supremely adorable baby grandson, Leo. My husband calls me obsessed; I prefer “lovestruck.”

THE LIGHT PIRATE 

by Lily Brooks–Dalton | Read by Rosemary Benson | Hachette Audio 

Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 

A captivating performance by Rosemary Benson highlights this arresting dystopian story of a woman’s struggle to survive in a dying world. Rising water levels; monster storms; and blistering, deadly heat have left Florida and its population devastated. Born during a massive storm, Wanda grew up watching her surroundings deteriorate and learning how to survive. In this post apocalyptic Florida, Wanda’s life depends upon her ability to adapt. Benson delivers tension as thick as the swampy air, and adds color and brightness to the more hopeful moments. Wanda’s encounters with other survivors are sometimes dangerously brutal, sometimes tenuously friendly. Author Brooks–Dalton achieves a disturbing look at the effects of climate change, and Benson’s exceptionally perceptive narration makes Wanda’s plight personal.