Scott Brick Explained

Scott Brick
Birth Date:	30 January 1966
Birth Place:	Santa Barbara, California, US
Occupation:	Actor, Writer, Narrator
Years Active:	1989 - present
Website:	Scott Brick Presents

Scott Brick (born January 30, 1966, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actor, writer and award-winning narrator of over 800 audiobooks, including popular titles such as , Moneyball, and Cloud Atlas. He has narrated works for a number of high-profile authors, including Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Michael Crichton,Clive Cussler and John Grisham.

Early life

Brick studied acting and writing at UCLA^[1] before embarking on his professional career in 1989.^[2]

Career

Audiobooks

In 1999, Brick began narrating audiobooks and found himself a popular choice for top publishers and authors. After recording some 250 titles in five years, AudioFile magazine named Brick “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy," and proclaimed him a "Golden Voice," a reputation solidified by a November 2004 article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.^[3] Publishers Weekly then went on to honor Brick as Narrator of the Year in 2007^[4] and 2011.^[5] To date, he has won over 50 Earphone Awards, two Audie Awards and a nomination for a Grammy Award.

He opened his own audiobook recording studio and publishing company, Brick By Brick Audiobooks, with the goals of streamlining production and ensuring consistency throughout his body of work. (Taking a note from DVDs, many of Brick By Brick's titles also include extra features, such as interviews and illustrations.) On May 16, 2008, Brick By Brick Audiobooks released its first title: Lord Foul's Bane, from Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series. By April 4, 2009, Brick had narrated and released the other two titles in the initial trilogy (The Illearth War and The Power That Preserves), along with Fatal Revenant, the eighth book in the series. When completed, this debut project will result in new unabridged audio narrations of all 10 titles of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series. The first trilogy, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever, was released in print from 1977 to 1979; The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant was released in print from 1980 to 1983; and The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant tetralogy was released in print and audio format from 2004 to 2013.

Brick By Brick Audiobooks has since grown to include the unabridged recordings of M. K. Wren's three-volume The Phoenix Legacy (Sword of the Lamb, Shadow of the Swan and House of the Wolf), as well as literary classics such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The CD version of the latter includes four audio discs, as well as a fifth disc of bonus material which includes the original 1843 First Edition illustrations by John Leech (caricaturist) and a photo of Brick playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in a 1995 stage production of A Christmas Carol.

In October 2009, Brick compiled and released , a collection of short stories from famous authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley and more. In an innovative twist, every All Hallow’s Eve hence a new story by a new author will be added to the Gothic Horror library, giving listeners an ever-growing collection of classic horror on audio.

Brick cites as his favorite audiobook readings Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (released under the film adaptation's title, Blade Runner) and Budd Schulberg's What Makes Sammy Run? "I would have them back just so I could redo them year after year after year. Because they never get old for me."^[6]

Stage and cinema

Brick spent 10 years with the LA-based traveling Shakespeare troupe Will and Company, performing for schools throughout California. He has appeared as Cyrano, Hamlet, and Macbeth in productions throughout the country. In 2005, he collaborated with author Orson Scott Card to adapt a collection of the author’s short stories for the stage in a production titled Posing as People.

In 2008, Brick appeared in "The Delivery," a short film from Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle DeCuir and Skyboat Films starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Michael York, John Rubinstein, Stephanie Zimbalist, Harlan Ellison and Orson Scott Card, among others. The Delivery won First Place in Fantasy at the 2008 Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival.^[7] The trailer for The Delivery can be viewed online. In 2010, Brick appeared as Agent Frank Donnolly in the independent film, Hit Parade, written and directed by comic book writer Joe Casey. The trailer for Hit Parade can be viewed online.^[8] The DVD can be purchased on Amazon or watched via Amazon Online.^[9]

Writing

In 2000, Brick was hired to adapt Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama for the big screen by Morgan Freeman and Revelations Entertainment with David Fincher attached to direct.^[10] Brick has written articles in a variety of comic book, science fiction and toy-related subjects for publications such as Wizard Magazine, ToyFare, Comics Buyer's Guide, Creative Screenwriting and others.

In 2012 Brick completed his first novel, a modern-day supernatural thriller based on an 18th-century murder in New England.^{[2] [11]} He also wrote an instructional guide, Narrating Audiobooks by Scott Brick.^[11]

Awards and honors

AudioFile named Brick a Golden Voice narrator.

Awards

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
2003	(2002) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson	Audie Award for Science Fiction	Winner	^[12]
2004	Darwin's Children (2003) by Greg Bear	Audie Award for Science Fiction	Finalist	^[13]
	(2003) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson	Audie Award for Science Fiction	Finalist
2006	American Theocracy (2005) by Kevin Phillips	Listen-Up Award for Religion	Finalist	^[14]
	Cloud Atlas (2004) by David Mitchell		Finalist	^[15]
	In Cold Blood (1966) by Truman Capote	Listen-Up Award for True Crime	Finalist
	Killer Instinct by Joseph Finder	Listen-Up Award for Thriller	Finalist
	Shadow of the Giant (2005) by Orson Scott Card	Audie Award for Science Fiction	Finalist
2007	Botany of Desire (2001) by Michael Pollan	Listen-Up Award for History & Politics	Finalist
	It’s Superman! by Tom DeHaven	Listen-Up Award for Fantasy	Finalist	^[16]
2008	At First Sight by Stephen J. Cannell	Listen-Up Award for Thriller	Finalist
	by Lisa Tucker	Listen Up Award for Fiction	Finalist	^[17]
	Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert	Audie Award for Achievement in Production	Finalist	^[18]
	Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert	Audie Award for Science Fiction	Winner
	Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert	Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance	Finalist
	Hellstrom's Hive (1973) by Frank Herbert	Listen Up Award for Science Fiction & Fantasy	Finalist
	Paul of Dune (2008) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson	Listen Up Award for Science Fiction & Fantasy	Finalist
	Selections from Dreamsongs 1 (2003) by George R. R. Martin	Audie Award for Science Fiction	Finalist
2009	METAtropolis by John Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, and Karl Schroeder	Audie Award for Original Work	Finalist	^[19]
2010	No One Would Listen by Harry Markopolos	Listen Up Award for Nonfiction	Finalist	^[20]
2011	by Miyamoto Musashi	Audie Award for Classics	Finalist	^[21]
2011		Listen-Up Award for Audiobook Reader of the Year	Winner
	Mayday by Nelson DeMille and Thomas Block	Listen-Up Award for Fiction	Finalist	^[22]
	Moneyball (2003) by Michael Lewis	Listen-Up Award for Nonfiction	Winner
	No One Would Listen by Harry Markopolos	Audie Award for Nonfiction	Finalist
	by Ron Chernow	Listen-Up Award for Nonfiction	Finalist
2013	KJV Audio Bible, Pure Voice by Zondervan Publishing	Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction	Finalist	^[23]
2014	by Brad Meltzer	Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense	Finalist	^[24] ^[25]
	METAtropolis: Green Space by Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Seanan McGuire, Tobias S. Buckell, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Ken Scholes	Audie Award for Original Work	Finalist
	Rip-Off! by John Scalzi, Jack Campbell, Mike Resnick, Allen Steele, Lavie Tidhar, Nancy Kress, and Gardner Dozois	Audie Award for Original Work	Finalist
2015	Dangerous Women by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (eds.)	Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections	Finalist	^[26]
	Report from Nuremberg: The International War Crimes Trial by Harold Burson	Audie Award for Distinguished Achievement in Audio Production	Finalist
2016	Dead Wake by Erik Larson	Audie Award for Best Male Narrator	Finalist	^[27]
	Jurassic Park (1990) by Michael Crichton	Audie Award for Science Fiction	Winner	^[28]
		Audie Award for Best Male Narrator	Finalist
	by Steve Berry	Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense	Winner
		Audie Award for Excellence in Production	Finalist
	by Brad Meltzer	Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense	Finalist
2017	The Last Tribe by Brad Manuel	Audie Award for Best Male Narrator	Finalist	^[29]
	Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick	Audie Award for History or Biography	Finalist
2018	Deep Storm (2007) by Lincoln Child	Audie Award for Excellence in Marketing	Finalist	^[30]
	Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles	Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense	Finalist
2020	Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White	Audie Award for Middle Grade Title	Winner	^[31] ^[32]
	by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch	Audie Award for History or Biography	Finalist
2021	by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch	Audie Award for History or Biography	Finalist	^[33]
	by Lee Child and Andrew Child	Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense	Finalist
	Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen	Audie Award for Best Male Narrator	Finalist

"Best of" lists

Year	Title	List	Ref.
2003	No Second Chance (2003) by Harlan Coben	AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense
	Speaker of the Dead	AudioFile Best of Science Fiction
2004		AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense
	Shattering Glass (2003) by Gail Giles	ALA Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[34]
2005	(2005) by Nick Hornby	Booklist Editors' Choice Media	^[35]
2006	Acceleration (2005) by Graham McNamee	ALA Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[36] ^[37]
2008	In Defense of Food (2008) by Michael Pollan	AudioFile Best of Contemporary Culture
	Lord Foul’s Bane	AudioFile Best of Fantasy
	Selections from Dreamsongs	AudioFile Best of Fantasy
2010	by Ron Chernow	AudioFile Best of Biography & Memoir
2011	Capitol Game	AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense
2012	Heist	AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense
	Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero	AudioFile Best of Contemporary Culture
2015	Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the ‘Lusitania’ (2005) by Erik Larson	Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Audiobooks	^[38]
	Jurassic Park (1990) by Michael Crichton	Booklist Editors' Choice Audio for Adults	^[39]
2016		AudioFile Best of Science Fiction
		AudioFile Best of Science Fiction & Fantasy
	(2015) by Erik Larson	RUSA Listen List	^[40] ^[41] ^[42]
	Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution	AudioFile Best of Biography & Memoir
2016	Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (2015) by Erik Larson	The Listen List: Outstanding Audio Narration	^[43]

Bestselling audiobooks

Year	Title	Ref.
2001	Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler	^[44] ^[45]
2002	(2002) by Brad Meltzer	^[46]
2003	White Death by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos	^[47]
2004	Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Legacy by Eric Van Lustbader	^[48] ^[49]
2005	Hour Game by David Baldacci	^[50]
	Night Fall by Nelson DeMille
2006	by Nicholas Evans	^[51]
	by Brad Meltzer	^[52]
2007		^[53]
	by Clive Cussler	^[54]
	by Harlan Coben	^[55]
	by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos	^[56]
2008		^[57]
	Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer	^[58]
	Hold Tight by Harlan Coben	^[59]
	Plague Ship by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul	^[60]
2009		^[61]
		^[62]
2010	The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul	^[63]

External links

• Scott Brick Presents - Primary Artist Site
• Scott Brick Presents - Online Sales Web Site
• Tantor Media Narrator Detail Page for Scott Brick
• Publishers Weekly 2007 Narrator of the Year Interview
• Audio File Magazine Golden Voice Interview and Audiography
• Video of Scott Brick reading Harlan Coben's novel THE WOODS
• Trailer for THE DELIVERY - a Short Film in which Scott Brick Appears

Notes and References

1. Web site: AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator Scott Brick . 2022-09-20 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
2. http://scottbrickpresents.com/biography/ "Bio"
3. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB109995102369967998 "Behind a Book on Tape Is a Good Dictionary And a Glass of Water"
4. Web site: /404 . 2022-09-20 . Publishers Weekly.
5. http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/audio-books/article/50012-the-2011-listen-up-awards.html Publishers Weekly's 2011 Listen-Up Awards
6. http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/2008_200809-qa-scottbrick.html eMusic Q&A: Scott Brick - eMusic Spotlight
7. http://filmfest.dragoncon.org/filmfest08awards.htm Dragon*Con 2008 Film Festival Awards Web Page
8. http://www.screamingfrog.com/flash/HitParade.html Trailer for Hit Parade
9. https://www.amazon.com/Hit-Parade-Jonathan-Browning/dp/B003JIVHSE Amazon page for Hit Parade
10. Web site: Interview with Writer Scott Brick. Counting Down. en-US. dead. July 10, 2002. November 18, 2012. May 11, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090511171005/http://countingdown.com/movies/546768/news?item_id=931480.
11. Web site: The Blender Girl. Healthy Blender Recipes. en-US. dead. June 2012. November 18, 2012. June 23, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120623044155/http://healthyblenderrecipes.com/pigs/top_pigs/scott_brick/.
12. Web site: 2003 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-22 . Audio Publishers Association.
13. Web site: 2004 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-22 . Audio Publishers Association.
14. Web site: Howell . Kevin . Maughan . Shannon . 2007-01-01 . The 2006 Listen-Up Awards . 2022-09-20 . . en.
15. Web site: 2006 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-22 . Audio Publishers Association.
16. Web site: Howell . Kevin . Maughan . Shannon . 2008-01-07 . The Listen Up Awards The Best Audios of 2007 . 2022-09-22 . . en.
17. Web site: Howell . Kevin . 2009-01-05 . The Listen Up Awards: The Best Audios of 2008 . 2022-09-22 . . en.
18. Web site: 2008 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-22 . Audio Publishers Association.
19. Web site: 2009 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-22 . Audio Publishers Association.
20. Web site: Sehgal . Parul . 2011-01-03 . The 2010 Listen-Up Awards . 2022-09-22 . . en.
21. Web site: 2011 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-22 . Audio Publishers Association.
22. Web site: Boretz . Adam . 2011-12-30 . The 2011 Listen-Up Awards . 2022-09-20 . . en.
23. Web site: 2013 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-22 . Audio Publishers Association.
24. Web site: 2014-02-18 . 2014 Audie Finalists Announced . 2022-09-22 . . en.
25. Web site: 2014 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-22 . Audio Publishers Association.
26. Web site: 2015 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-22 . Audio Publishers Association.
27. Web site: 2016 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-22 . Audio Publishers Association.
28. Web site: Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2016 . 17 May 2019 . AudioFileMagazine.com . AudioFile Publications, Inc..
29. Web site: 2017 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-22 . Audio Publishers Association.
30. Web site: 2018 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-20 . Audio Publishers Association.
31. Web site: 2020 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-20 . Audio Publishers Association.
32. Web site: 2020-02-03 . 2020 Audie Awards Finalists Named . 2022-09-22 . . en.
33. Web site: 2021 Audie Awards® . 2022-09-20 . Audio Publishers Association.
34. Web site: 2010-02-18 . Shattering Glass Awards & Grants . 2022-09-22 . American Library Association.
35. Web site: 2009-10-04 . 2005 booklist editors choice media Awards & Grants . 2022-09-22 . American Library Association.
36. Web site: 2010-02-11 . Acceleration Awards & Grants . 2022-09-22 . American Library Association.
37. Web site: Gilbert . Nichole . 2006-07-28 . YALSA announces 2006 Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-09-22 . . en.
38. Web site: Coreno . Annie . 2016-01-08 . The Best Audiobooks of 2015 . 2022-09-22 . . en.
39. Web site: 2016-01-01 . Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Adults, 2015 . 2022-09-20 . Booklist.
40. Web site: 2016-03-01 . The Listen List: Outstanding Audio Narration, 2016 . 2022-09-22 . Booklist.
41. Web site: 2016-01-14 . 2016 List . 2022-09-22 . Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) . en.
42. Web site: Wood . Leighann . 2015-12-30 . 2016 Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration for Adult Listeners revealed . 2022-09-22 . . en.
43. Web site: 2016-03-01 . The Listen List: Outstanding Audio Narration, 2016 . 2022-09-20 . Booklist.
44. Web site: 2011-11-05 . Audio Bestsellers . 2022-09-22 . . en.
45. Web site: 2001-10-01 . Audio Bestsellers . 2022-09-22 . . en.
46. Web site: 2002-03-04 . Audio Bestsellers . 2022-09-22 . . en.
47. Web site: 2003-08-04 . Audio Bestsellers . 2022-09-22 . . en.
48. Web site: 2004-08-02 . Audio Bestsellers . 2022-09-22 . . en.
49. Web site: 2004-09-06 . Audio Bestsellers . 2022-09-22 . . en.
50. Web site: 2005-03-07 . Audio Bestsellers . 2022-09-22 . . en.
51. Web site: Maughan . Shannon . 2006-01-02 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-22 . . en.
52. Web site: Maughan . Shannon . 2006-10-02 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-22 . . en.
53. Web site: Maughan . Shannon . 2007-03-26 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-22 . . en.
54. Web site: Howell . Kevin . 2007-12-24 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-22 . . en.
55. Web site: Maughan . Shannon . 2007-04-30 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-22 . . en.
56. Web site: Maughan . Shannon . 2007-07-30 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-22 . . en.
57. Web site: 2009-02-23 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-20 . . en.
58. Web site: Howell . Kevin . 2008-09-29 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-22 . . en.
59. Web site: Howell . Kevin . 2008-04-28 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-22 . . en.
60. Web site: Howell . Kevin . 2008-08-25 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-22 . . en.
61. Web site: 2009-03-30 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-22 . . en.
62. Web site: Sehgal . Parul . 2009-09-28 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-20 . . en.
63. Web site: Sehgal . Parul . 2010-03-29 . Audio Bestsellers/Fiction . 2022-09-20 . . en.