Karen Krause

Karen Krauseshe/her

United States · Thornton

Native American English (General)

Cozy mystery 1st Person Comic Cozy Mystery - Southern Narrative with Male/Female/Child Dialogue

About

Karen has been acting and studying theatre for most of her life. Her education includes an AA in theatre with an emphasis in acting. In addition to steady on-stage performance, she regularly participates in classes, workshops, intensives, and one-on-one training. When it comes to audiobooks, Karen is equally dedicated to learning and improving her skills. Her aptitude for dialects/accents and character voices makes her a great fit for fiction and bios/memoirs.

Training: Karen regularly attends audiobook workshops, conferences, and master classes and has studied with notable audiobook narrator coaches such as Joel Froomkin, Johnny Heller, Carol Monda, Scott Brick, PJ Ochlan, and more.​​

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Voice and range

Proficient accents

UK RP / Standard British UK Cockney UK Yorkshire Irish (Republic) US Standard American US Southern US Appalachian US Boston US New York US Midwestern US Texan Transatlantic / mid-Atlantic Australian Indian French German Russian Mexican Latin American Spanish (general) Old-fashioned American (1920s-40s) Victorian English Yiddish-inflected

Voice ages

20 to 39 (young to mid-adult) 40 to 59 (mid-adult) 60 to 79 (senior) 80 to 99 (elder)

Languages

English

Voice presentation

Female / femme-presenting

Selected credits

23 listed · 41 to 100 narrated

Tea is for Talisman

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Tea is for Temptation

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Tea is for Taken

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Angel of Death

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The Maligned Bride

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Grave State of Affairs

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Sniffing Out Sweet Secrets

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Rabbit Moon

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Mary's Story

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Dream Stalker

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You're Going to Survive

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On the Trail of a Killer

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The Scent of a Poet's Past

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Burned

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Ready to Snap

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Prophesy of Ashes

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Prophesy of Blood

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Freeze Frame

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Picture Imperfect

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Grim Tidings, Aisling Grimlock Series, Book 1 (and subsequent books in the series)

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Negative Exposure

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The Book of Dragons

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The Legends Saga

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Genres

Literary fiction Children's Young Adult Comedy Fantasy LitRPG / GameLit Thriller Mystery (general) Cozy mystery Murder mystery Romance (clean) Biography and memoir History
Multi-cast Dual narration

More samples

6 total
Children's 3rd person children's classic- British Accent- Narrative with male/female/child dialogue
Thriller 3rd Person Colonial Thriller - Narrative with Male/Female Dialogue
Thriller 1st Person Mystery Thriller - Boston - Narrative with Female/Female dialogue
Cozy mystery 1st Person Cozy Mystery - Narrative with Female/Male Dialogue
Horror 3rd Person Horror/Thriller - Narrative

Working details

Experience

41 to 100 audiobooks

10 years narrating

Studio

Home studio · edits at home

DAW: Pro Tools, Studio One, Audacity, iZotope RX

Rates

$250 to $300 PFH

RS offered · RS Plus $100 to $200 PFH portion