Jennifer Mendenhall Explained

Jennifer Mendenhall (born February 7, 1960), commonly known by the alias Kate Reading, is an American actress and audiobook narrator. She has won 6 Audie Awards and 46 Earphone Awards.

Personal life

Mendenhall was born on February 7, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents moved to England when she was a baby.[1] In 1978, she returned to the United States to attend the University of Virginia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in French and Drama in 1983.[2]

Mendenhall married Michael Kramer on October 24, 1992. They currently live in the Washington, D.C., area with their two children.[3]

Awards and honors

Awards

YearTitleAwardResultRef.
1999Summer Sisters (1998) by Judy BlumeAudie Award for FictionFinalist[4]
2004Blow Fly by Patricia CornwellAudie Award for Best Female NarratorFinalist[5]
2006Fairy Tales (1835) by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Tina NunnallyAudie Award for Short Stories or CollectionsFinalist[6]
2007The Painted Veil (1925) by W. Somerset MaughamAudie Award for Literary Fiction or ClassicsFinalist[7]
2010Bellwether (1996) by Connie WillisAudie Award for Science FictionWinner[8]
2010The Gathering Storm (2009) by Robert Jordan and Brandon SandersonAudie Award for Science FictionFinalist
2011Among the Missing (2011) by Morag JossEarphone AwardWinner[9]
2011The Book of Spies by Gayle LyndsAudie Award for Thriller or SuspenseFinalist[10]
2012Earphone AwardWinner[11]
2012The Boy in the Snow (2012) by M.J. McGrathEarphone AwardWinner[12]
2012The Thirteen Hallows (2011) by Michael Scott and Colette FreedmanEarphone AwardWinner[13]
2012Earphone AwardWinner[14]
2013Breasts by Florence WilliamsAudie Award for NonfictionWinner[15] [16]
2013Earphone AwardWinner[17]
2013Earphone AwardWinner[18]
2014Words of Radiance (2014) by Brandon SandersonEarphone AwardWinner[19]
2015My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca MeadAudie Award for Autobiography or MemoirWinner[20]
2015The Siege Winter (2015) by Ariana Franklin and Samantha NormanEarphone AwardWinner[21]
2015Words of Radiance (2014)Winner[22]
2016The Story of Egypt: The Civilization That Shaped the World (2016) by Joann FletcherEarphone AwardWinner[23]
2016A Study in Scarlet Women (2016) by Sherry ThomasEarphone AwardWinner[24]
2016The Velvet Hours (2016) by Alyson Richman Earphone AwardWinner[25]
2017Earphone AwardWinner[26]
2017Earphone AwardWinner[27]
2017The Glass Town Game (2017) by Catherynne M. Valente Earphone AwardWinner[28]
2018The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (2017) by Theodora GossAudie Award for FantasyWinner[29]
2018Earphone AwardWinner[30]
2018When a Duke Loves a Woman (2018) by Lorraine HeathEarphone AwardWinner[31]
2019Earphone AwardWinner[32]
2019At the End of the Century (2019) by Ruth Prawer JhabvalaEarphone AwardWinner[33]
2020Death and the Maiden (2020) by Samantha Norman and Ariana FranklinEarphone AwardWinner[34]
2019European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora GossAudie Award for FantasyFinalist[35]
2020Earphone AwardWinner[36]
2020Earphone AwardWinner[37]
2020Rhythm of War (2020) by Brandon Sanderson Earphone AwardWinner[38]
2020Earphone AwardWinner[39]
2022Rhythm of War (2020) by Brandon Sanderson Winner[40]
2021Earphone AwardWinner[41]

"Best of" lists

YearTitleAwardRef.
2008Captain's Fury AudioFile Best Fantasy of the Year
2009Cursor's FuryAudioFile Best Fantasy of the Year
2010Bright-Sided  AudioFile Best Contemporary Culture of the Year
2012Bling GoddessAudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year
2012Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren WilligRUSA Listen List[42]
2013The Garden Intrigue (2013) by Lauren WilligRUSA Listen List[43] [44]
2015Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints  AudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year
2015Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseRUSA Listen List[45] [46]
2016And Only to Deceive by Tasha AlexanderRUSA Listen List[47]
2017A Conspiracy in Belgravia  AudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year

Stage performances

Performances listed alphabetically by show[48] !Show!Role!Company
After the FallHolga Theater J
Andy and the ShadowsRaya Theater J
Ethel Rosenberg, Rabbi Chemelwitz, Hannah PittForum Theatre
Ethel Rosenberg, Hannah PittForum Theatre
Apples from the DesertVictoria Theater J
A Beautiful View LaneStudio Theatre
CherokeeJanineWooly Mammoth Theatre Company
Circle Mirror TransformationMarty Studio Theatre
Clybourne ParkBev/Kathy Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
The Cripple of InishmaanKate OsbourneSCENA Theatre
Dead Man's Cell PhoneOther Woman Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
GraceSara Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
Homebody/Kabul Mahala Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
Imagining Madoff Secretary Theater J
Legacy of Light Wet Nurse, Olivia Arena Stage
Lenny & LouJulie RiggioWooly Mammoth Theatre Company
Measure for MeasureLady Vanity Lustforth Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
The New Electric BallroomAdaStudio Theatre
PlutoElizabeth MillerForum Theatre
The Rocky Horror ShowMagenta Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991The ArcSally
1992Literary Visions Actor1 episode: Artful Resonance: Theme in Poetry
1994 Kerry Weston1 episode: See No Evil
1994Serial MomReporter
1997FrontlineSelf / Narration1 episode: The Lost American
2013My Synthesized Life Phone operator1 episode: Freak

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lea . Chatting with Kate Reading, a Loretta Chase Giveaway, and TWO First Chapter Listens! . 2022-08-31 . AudioGals . 12 May 2015 . en-US.
  2. Web site: Jennifer Mendenhall .
  3. Web site: Michael Kramer Authors . 2022-08-31 . Macmillan . en-US.
  4. Web site: 1999 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-08-31 . Audio Publishers Association.
  5. Web site: 2004 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-08-31 . . 2022-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821025106/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2004-audies . dead .
  6. Web site: 2006 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-08-31 . . 2022-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220831175007/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2006-audies . dead .
  7. Web site: 2007 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-08-31 . . 2022-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220831175008/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2007-audies . dead .
  8. Web site: 2010 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-08-31 . . 2022-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220826031716/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2010-audies . dead .
  9. Web site: AMONG THE MISSING by Morag Joss Read by Robin Sachs Kate Reading Cassandra Campbell Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  10. Web site: 2011 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-08-31 . . 2022-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220922015807/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2011-audies . dead .
  11. Web site: 1222 by Anne Holt Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  12. Web site: THE BOY IN THE SNOW by MJ McGrath Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  13. Web site: THE THIRTEEN HALLOWS by Michael Scott Colette Freedman Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  14. Web site: TRAPEZE by Simon Mawer Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  15. Web site: AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator Kate Reading . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  16. Web site: 2013-05-31 . Awards: Ben Franklin and Audie Winners; Camões Prize for Literature . 2022-08-31 . Shelf Awareness.
  17. Web site: THE LAST RUNAWAY by Tracy Chevalier Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  18. Web site: A MEMORY OF LIGHT by Robert Jordan Brandon Sanderson Read by Michael Kramer Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  19. Web site: WORDS OF RADIANCE by Brandon Sanderson Read by Michael Kramer Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  20. Web site: 2015 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-08-31 . . 2022-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220829201037/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2015-winners-circle . dead .
  21. Web site: THE SIEGE WINTER by Ariana Franklin Samantha Norman Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  22. Web site: Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2015 . 17 May 2019 . AudioFileMagazine.com . AudioFile Publications, Inc..
  23. Web site: THE STORY OF EGYPT by Joann Fletcher Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  24. Web site: A STUDY IN SCARLET WOMEN by Sherry Thomas Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  25. Web site: THE VELVET HOURS by Alyson Richman Read by Tavia Gilbert Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  26. Web site: A CONSPIRACY IN BELGRAVIA by Sherry Thomas Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  27. Web site: A DUKE IN SHINING ARMOR by Loretta Chase Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  28. Web site: THE GLASS TOWN GAME by Catherynne M Valente Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  29. Web site: 2018 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-08-31 . . 2020-12-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201230160940/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2018-audies . dead .
  30. Web site: THE TANGLED LANDS by Paolo Bacigalupi Tobias S Buckell Read by Kate Reading Tim Gerard Reynolds Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  31. Web site: WHEN A DUKE LOVES A WOMAN by Lorraine Heath Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  32. Web site: THE ART OF THEFT by Sherry Thomas Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  33. Web site: AT THE END OF THE CENTURY by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Read by Sneha Mathan Vikas Adam Soneela Nankani Neil Shah Henrietta Meire Kate Reading and a Full Cast Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  34. Web site: DEATH AND THE MAIDEN by Samantha Norman Ariana Franklin Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  35. Web site: 2019 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-08-31 . . 2021-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831145117/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2019-audies-1 . dead .
  36. Web site: MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO PRAGUE by Carol Windley Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  37. Web site: THE PROPHET by Kahlil Gibran Read by Kate Reading Michael Kramer Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  38. Web site: RHYTHM OF WAR by Brandon Sanderson Read by Michael Kramer Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  39. Web site: TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT THE DUKE by Loretta Chase Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  40. Web site: Audie Awards Finalists and Winners . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  41. Web site: THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM by Elizabeth McCracken Read by Kate Reading Audiobook Review . 2022-08-31 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  42. Web site: 2012-02-21 . The Mischief of the Mistletoe Awards & Grants . 2022-08-31 . American Library Association.
  43. Web site: 2013-01-29 . The Garden Intrigue Awards & Grants . 2022-08-31 . American Library Association.
  44. Web site: 2014-01-29 . 2013 List . 2022-08-31 . Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) . en.
  45. Web site: 2015-11-30 . 2015 List . 2022-08-31 . Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) . en.
  46. Web site: Wood . Leighann . 2015-02-06 . RUSA announces 2015 book and media awards for adults . 2022-08-31 . . en.
  47. Web site: 2016-01-14 . 2016 List . 2022-08-31 . Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) . en.
  48. Web site: Jennifer Mendenhall LATW . 2022-08-31 . LA Theatre Works.

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