Tess Irondale

Tess Irondaleshe/her

Bringing award-winning storytelling to audiobooks since 2013

United States

Native American English (General)

Fantasy Multi-character dramatic fantasy with various ages and genders (SOVAS finalist for Best Fantasy Narration)

About

An in-demand voice for over a decade, Tess has brought over 300 audiobooks to life. Publishers: Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Spotify (and many more), plus over 75 independent author productions. Awards and recognition: multiple Kirkus Earphones Awards, Audie finalist, SOVAS finalist - Best Fantasy Narration, Spotify trending audiobooks, LitHub Most Anticipated Audiobooks, Library Journal starred review, NetGalley Best of the Year. She delivers a highly professional production experience and an emotionally sensitive and considered performance. All genres, strong focus on Fantasy.

Training: Tess was a child actor who further developed her performance skills over four years at a prestigious NYC acting conservatory. In addition to over a decade behind the microphone, she continues to hone her abilities onstage and can be seen on on NBC, CBS, Netflix, Amazon, ABC, Hulu, FX, Comedy Central and more.

Find online: Personal website ↗ · Audible ↗ · Libro.fm ↗

Voice and range

Proficient accents

UK RP / Standard British UK Cockney UK Estuary (London / southeast) Scottish Northern Irish Irish (Republic) US Standard American US Southern US Appalachian US New York US Texan Transatlantic / mid-Atlantic French German Italian Russian Old-fashioned American (1920s-40s) 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

12 listed · More than 100 narrated

Sublife Crisis

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Outbound: Millennial Mage Book 12

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Moonrise: Rise of the Bloodmoon Witch

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The Fraying of Magic

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Shades of Forever

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New Life for a Max Level Archmage

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Flockbound: Millennial Mage Book 11

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The Quantum Games

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A Hero Returned

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Behind the Mirror

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World Shifter: A Sci-fi Romantasy

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House of Secrets

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Genres

Literary fiction Children's Young Adult Comedy Fantasy Science fiction LitRPG / GameLit Horror Thriller Mystery (general) Cozy mystery Murder mystery Romance (clean) Romance (contemporary) Romance (historical) Romance (paranormal) Romance (steamy) LGBTQ+ (cross-genre marker)
Dual narration

More samples

6 total
Romance (paranormal) Romantasy confrontation between male and female protagonists
Thriller Thriller with fantasy elements, first person narration
Romance (steamy) Spicy Romance, male and female voices, first person narration
Science fiction Various male monster voices, 3rd person narration
Young Adult Y.A. dramatic confrontation, many characters, all ages and genders

Working details

Experience

More than 100 audiobooks

13 years narrating

Studio

Home studio

DAW: Reaper

Rates

$250 to $300 PFH