Melanie Crawleyshe/her

Versatility, humour and northern grit - an award-winning British actor.

United Kingdom · Sheffield

Native British English (Regional)

Thriller Northern English, an amateur sleuth following up a hunch

About

Melanie Crawley is a PANA 'Narrator of Distinction' finalist, a British Independent Audiobook Awards finalist, multiple Earphone award-winning and critically acclaimed trained British voice actor who has performed more than 160 audiobooks.
Melanie narrates with grit, humour and down-to-earth kindness & honesty across multiple genres but is particularly known for her work with psychological thrillers, romance, literary fiction and memoir. She is honoured to work with Hachette, Dreamscape, Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Bolinda, and many other publishers and direct with authors.

Training: BA (Hons) Drama 2:1
Voice Over Kickstart Voice Over Training
Equity Voice Workshops - regular training in various voice related subjects

Find online: Personal website ↗ · Audible ↗ · Libro.fm ↗ · LinkedIn ↗ · Instagram ↗ · Facebook ↗

Voice and range

Proficient accents

UK RP / Standard British UK Cockney UK Estuary (London / southeast) UK Northern (general) UK Yorkshire UK Scouse / Liverpool UK Geordie / Newcastle UK Birmingham / Midlands Welsh Scottish Northern Irish Irish (Republic) US Standard American Transatlantic / mid-Atlantic South African French German Italian Russian Polish Scandinavian (general) Victorian English

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

Heritage / identity

White / European

Selected credits

25 listed · More than 100 narrated

Floating Home

by Adam Lind · 2026 · co_narrator

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The Last Witness

by Natasha Boydell · 2026 · narrator

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The Wythenshawe Dandy

by S J Galbraith · 2026 · narrator

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Stolen

by Deborah Moggach · 2026 · narrator

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No Place to Hide

by Rebecca Griffiths · 2026 · narrator

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Small Mercies

by Alex Walters · 2025 · narrator

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The Hanging of Hettie Gale

by Tess Burnett · 2025 · co_narrator

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The Gold Diggers Daughter

by Riko Radojcic · 2025 · narrator

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You Lied First

by Annabel Kantaria · 2025 · narrator

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The Parallel Path

by Jenn Ashworth · 2025 · narrator

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Mrs Quinn's Rise to Fame

by Olivia Ford · 2024 · narrator

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The Little Bookshop By The Sea

by Eliza J Scott · 2024 · narrator

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The Dubrovnik Bookclub

by Eva Glyn · 2024 · narrator

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The Stepdaughter's Lie

by Teri Terry · 2024 · narrator

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Freeze

by Chris Priestly · 2024 · narrator

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The Little Bookshop by the Sea

by Eliza J Scott · 2024 · narrator

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Twice Cursed

by Neil Gaiman and others · 2023 · co_narrator

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An Unknown Woman

by Jane Davis · 2021 · narrator

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Thrown Away Children series

by Louise Allen · 2021 · narrator

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Heirs for Royal Brothers series

by Lynne Graham · 2021 · narrator

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Rome is Where The Heart Is

by Tilly Tennant · 2021 · narrator

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Dishing the Dirt

by Nick Duerden · 2020 · narrator

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The Last Boleyn

by Karen Harper · 2020 · narrator

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Silent Sisters

by Joanne Lee · 2020 · narrator

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The Royal Nanny

by Karen Harper · 2020 · narrator

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Genres

Literary fiction Children's Young Adult Comedy Fantasy Science fiction Horror Thriller Mystery (general) Cozy mystery Murder mystery Romance (clean) Romance (contemporary) Romance (historical) LGBTQ+ (cross-genre marker) Biography and memoir

Multi-cast Dual narration

More samples

6 total

Thriller Tense gangland thriller, a gritty scene of oneupmanship with 3rd person neutral accent narration and male Manchester accented dialogue.

Literary fiction Elegant RP British English first person - based on the imagined life of Christina Rossetti

Comedy Humorous British Kitchen-sink drama / mystery fiction, 3rd person northern narrator, male/female dialogue northern/modern southern accents.

Literary fiction First generation Irish American first person POV, older woman reminiscing and writing her diary in the 1800s

Thriller A young woman pleads with her friend for help, dialogue, tense dialogue, RP and Irish accents

Working details

Experience

More than 100 audiobooks

11 years narrating

Studio

Home studio · edits at home

DAW: Audacity

Rates

$300 to $350 PFH

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