I’m Mikael Naramore, a professional voice actor and audiobook narrator located outside of Portland, Oregon. To date, I have narrated over 300 audiobook titles and have been honored with a Audie Award in 2017 along with an ensemble cast in The Brink: Stories by Austin Bunn.

With a lifelong background in the performing arts, voice acting and audiobook narration came quite naturally to me. After a childhood spent on stage and sometimes in front of a camera, teenage years playing in touring indie rock bands, and eventually obtaining a degree in audio production, I joined the studio team at Brilliance Publishing in 2001. There, I worked in all facets of production: from  cutting tape as intern, to recording and post-production engineer, and eventually to director, all the while gleaning technique and advice from the industry’s top talent with narration being my goal.

Now, I’ve found my stride by combining my experience as a stage performer with the training of a voice actor. Instead of reading lines in a broadcast-packaged baritone, I act out narration and dialogue, embodying characters and situations with my voice. It’s not enough to just read the words on the page — I bring text to life.