Kristin Kirby

Kristin Kirbyshe/her

Authentic, Versatile. A Little Unexpected.

United States · Eureka

Native American English (General)

Romance (contemporary) Playful F/M Southern Romance

About

Originally from the East Coast, I now live in California. I have always loved performing and being in the arts. I play several instruments and have degrees in creative writing and theater production and several of my plays have been produced. Other jobs I’ve held include preschool teaching, house painting, copy editing, and directing a choir. Finally, as the pandemic was dawning, I realized, duh, voiceover. Audiobooks. It all made sense! I can now synthesize many of my passions. I love doing accents and getting to know a character from the inside.

Training: • Master of Arts in Theater Production
• Acting for Audiobooks with Joel Froomkin: 15-week course in audiobook narration
• Thriving Artists Community: general audiobook and business coaching
• Coaching with various audiobook coaches
• Gravy for the Brain Audiobooks Course
• Coaching in documentary and in-show narration with Dustin Ebaugh
• Voiceover coaching and instruction in animation, promo, corporate, commercial, e-learning: The Voice Actor’s Studio (Las Vegas), Voice One (San Francisco), Real Voice L.A. (Los Angeles), Edge Studio (New York), and Gravy for the Brain (International)

Find online: Personal website ↗ · LinkedIn ↗ · Instagram ↗

Voice and range

Proficient accents

UK RP / Standard British UK Cockney UK Estuary (London / southeast) UK Northern (general) Irish (Republic) US Standard American US Southern US Appalachian US Boston US New York US Midwestern Transatlantic / mid-Atlantic Australian New Zealand Jamaican Indian Pakistani Ghanaian Filipino French German Italian Spanish (Castilian) Russian Ukrainian Scandinavian (general) Arabic (general) Mandarin Chinese Hindi-influenced English Mexican Latin American Spanish (general) Old-fashioned American (1920s-40s) Yiddish-inflected

Voice ages

1 to 12 (child) 13 to 19 (teen) 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 Nonbinary / androgynous

Selected credits

5 listed · 3 to 10 narrated

White Coat, Black Heart

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Growland

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First Time Homebuyer Hero

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The Secrets of Household Toxins

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The Amish Midwife

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Genres

Literary fiction Young Adult Comedy Science fiction Thriller Mystery (general) Cozy mystery Murder mystery Romance (clean) Romance (contemporary) Romance (historical) Romance (steamy) LGBTQ+ (cross-genre marker) Biography and memoir History Business Self-development Health and fitness Science and technology Travel Sports Instructional / how-to
Multi-cast Dual narration Duet narration

More samples

6 total
Mystery (general) M/F Brit RP & Cockney, vibe of Discovery
Thriller Conversational, Older M, younger F
Thriller Thriller - but this is a snarky conversation between M-F
LGBTQ+ (cross-genre marker) Steamy Lesbian banter. Need I say more?
Business Financial, informative, straightforward

Working details

Experience

3 to 10 audiobooks

2 years narrating

Studio

Home studio · edits at home

DAW: Twisted Wave, Studio One

Rates

$250 to $300 PFH

RS Plus $100 to $200 PFH portion