Just in: Blackstone’s 2012 Audie® Award Finalists

Congratulations to this year’s Audie® finalists!

The Audies are the most prestigious awards in the field of audiobook and spoken-word entertainment and Blackstone is proud to announce our finalists for 2012:

Audio Drama

The Mark of Zorro, dramatized for audio, produced, and directed by Yuri Rasovsky, based on a book by Johnston McCulley, read by Val Kilmer and a full cast

We’re Alive: A Story of Survival, the First Season, written by Kc Wayland, created by Shane Salk and Kc  Wayland, read by a full cast

Biography/Memoir

My Dog Tulip by J. R. Ackerley, read by Ralph Cosham

Fantasy

Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures by Walter Moers, read by Bronson Pinchot 

Nonfiction

My Korean Deli by Ben Ryder Howe, read by Bronson Pinchot

The 4 Percent Universe by Richard Panek, read by Ray Porter

Original Work

The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, Vol. 3 by Max Allan Collins, from a story by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, read by Stacy Keach and a full supporting cast

Package Design

One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost, designed by Kathryn Galloway English

Thriller/Suspense

Unknown:  A Special Edition of “Out of My Head” by Didier van Cauwelaert, read by Bronson Pinchot

Silent Scream by Karen Rose, read by Marguerite Gavin

The Bone House by Brian Freeman, read by Joe Barrett

Winners will be announced in June. For a complete list of finalists, visit the website of the Audio Publishers Association (APA): www.AudioPub.org.