And the winner is….

I’m thrilled to share the good news! Mary Louise’s audiobook, which I directed last year, was named best audiobook Narrated by the Author at tonight’s 2024 Audies in Los Angeles.

Great recording of a terrific book

At the Macmillan Audio studios in Manhattan, Ali Velshi and I just wrapped up his recording of his new memoir, “Small Acts of Courage.” It launches May 7. You’ll enjoy reading it, but you’ll LOVE hearing Ali tell the story in the audiobook!.

A Play is Announced

“A Murder is Announced” Poster featuring Gordon Rothman as Inspector Craddock

It’s no mystery why I love this show! It’s my first Agatha Christie play, with a terrific group of castmates, featuring Noelle McGrath as the everpresent Miss Marple and Noelle Teagno as Miss Blacklock, at whose home the murder is announced and carried out. Click here for more info and tickets.

The cast

It’s a major award!

Gordon and NPR Host Mary Louise Kelly on a break during recording her memoir, “It.Goes.So.Fast. The Year of No Do-Overs”

I’m in the company of greatness! One of the best audiobooks I’ve ever had the pleasure to direct is a finalist for the prestigious Audie Awards. I worked with Mary Louise Kelly (with her doing the hard parts, of course) last year in Washington as she recorded her memoir, “It. Goes. So. Fast. The Year of No Do-Overs.” We’ll find out on March 4 if her book wins the “Narrated by the Author” category. The challengers include Michelle Obama and Patrick Stewart, so we’re talking high-level here. Winners will be announced on March 4 in L.A.

A new role - on stage in Brooklyn in March

I’ll be playing Inspector Craddock in Agatha Christie’s “A Murder is Announced,” running March 1 - 10 at Heights Players in Brooklyn. I’m going to figure this case out, but it’s a good thing that Miss Marple happens to be visiting Chipping Cleghorn!

Adding an important new feature…

I’ve added a page that I hope prospective author-narrators will find helpful — my favorite tips for recording your own books. https://www.gordonrothman.com/top-tips-for-author-narrators. Just the highlights; short and sweet!

Highlights from a great 13 months.

.. After Macmillan hired me for my audio and news chops as Producer for the Celadon/New Yorker edition of the January 6 Report, I pushed to get it finished with "startling speed." That effort was so successful that... ...the recording and editing were done within 24 hours of the report's release ...we beat the two closest competitors to market by more than a week and by more than a month ...both the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times wrote articles about how we did it. I had the pleasure of directing these and other author-narrators: -

• Sen. Amy Klobuchar

• NPR anchor Mary Louise Kelly

• The Young Turks founder Cenk Uygur

• Fox News anchor Bret Baier

• Gen. David Petraeus

• Journalist Ryan Grim

• Peleton star Alex Toussaint

• Journalist Tim Alberta

• Best-selling author Meg Kissinger

• Best-selling author Sy Montgomery

• Podcast hosts Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant

• Pulitzer Prize winning poet Carl Phillips

AND... I've launched my new website, gordonrothman.com, to serve both my audio career and my acting career. Testimonials at gordonrothman.com/audio/@Testimonials