About
Sara Sheckells is a 2026 SOVAS award winner for Outstanding Audiobook Narration - Mystery - and an Earphones Award winning narrator for ensemble narration. A lifelong New Englander, Sara grew up shuttling between an indie bookstore and an antiques shop. Forever bookish, she has a fondness for magical realism, memoirs, thrillers, feminist bits and pieces, spooky stuff, and anything featuring dogs or witches. Sara tells stories in a blingy booth in her home north of Boston. She has narrated over 130 titles for publishers, producers, and indie authors.
Training:
TRAINING & WORKSHOPS:
o 1:1 coaching with Carol Monda, Andi Arndt, and Tanya Eby
o Narrator.Life Palm Springs Narrators Retreat, 2025
o Narrator.Life Acting The Hell Out of the Text with Ronnie Butler and Gabra Zackman, 2024
o Narrator.Life Horror Narration Workshop, 2021
o Johnny Heller’s New England Narrator Retreat, 2022, 2018
o Johnny Heller and Scott Brick’s Audiobook Business Workshop, 2021 participant
o Deyan Institute, 2020
o Johnny Heller’s Splendiferous Workshop, 2019 participant
o Sean Pratt - non-fiction audiobook narration program graduate, 2019
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6 listed · More than 100 narrated
Still Floating 40 Years of Pennywise
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I WANTED TO BE WONDERFUL
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The Cure for Women Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women's Lives Forever
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THE UNDERCURRENT
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LOLA AT LAST
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The Meth Lunches Food and Longing in an American City
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6 totalWorking details
Experience
More than 100 audiobooks
10 years narrating
Studio
Home studio
DAW: OcenAudio
Rates
$300 to $350 PFH