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George Guidall

Biography

George Guidall

George Guidall has recorded over 900 unabridged novels, bringing a consistent artistry to his readings and delighting listeners for over 20 years. His narrations of classics such as CRIME AND PUNISHMENT and THE ILIAD as well as best sellers like SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS and Lillian Jackson Braun's Cat Who ... series have set a standard for excellence recognized throughout the audiobook industry. His recordings have garnered uniformly excellent reviews from Audiofile,Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and a variety of national newspapers and magazines. Guidall received an Audie Award (the industry's equivalent to an Oscar) for best unabridged narration of a novel for his recording of John Irving's A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR, an honor he captured again for his rendition of Wally Lamb's I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE. He's been nominated for best narration for David Robbins' WAR OF THE RATS, Ken Follet's CODE TO ZERO, Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS and his unabridged narration of Cervantes' classic, DON QUIXOTE. Acclaimed as one of the original "Golden Voices" in Audiofile magazine, he holds the record for the most "Earphone" awards (over 70) given by the magazine to any narrator for excellence in narration.

In addition to his award-winning work as an audiobook narrator, Guidall has also enjoyed a forty-year career in the theatre, including starring roles on Broadway in such plays as "Chapter Two," "Cafe Crown," "Alone Together" and "Cold Storage." He has received an Obie award for best performance Off-Broadway, and has shared the stage at the New York Shakespeare Festival with Kevin Kline, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, and Tracy Ullman. His performances in regional theatres range from the classics of Shakespeare and Chekov to contemporary comedies. His wife, Linda, is a psychotherapist and author of a recently published memoir: FOUR ROOMS UPSTAIRS: A Psychotherapist's Journey Into and Beyond Her Mother's Mental Illness.

George Guidall

Books by George Guidall

written by Daniel Silva, read by George Guidall - Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

At an exclusive private school in Switzerland, mystery surrounds the identity of the beautiful girl who arrives each morning and leaves each afternoon in a heavily protected motorcade fit for a head of state. She is said to be the daughter of a wealthy international businessman. She is not. And when she is brutally kidnapped across the border in the Haute-Savoie region of France, Gabriel Allon, the legendary chief of Israeli intelligence, is thrust into a deadly secret war with an old enemy that will determine the future of the Middle East --- and perhaps the world.

written by Daniel Silva, performed by George Guidall - Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Four months after the deadliest attack on the American homeland since 9/11, terrorists leave a trail of carnage through London’s West End. The attack is a brilliant feat of planning and secrecy, but with one loose thread. The thread leads Gabriel Allon and his team of operatives to the south of France and to the gilded doorstep of Jean-Luc Martel and Olivia Watson. A beautiful former British fashion model, Olivia pretends not to know that the true source of Martel’s enormous wealth is drugs. And Martel turns a blind eye to the fact that he is doing business with a man whose objective is the very destruction of the West. Together, under Gabriel’s skilled hand, they will become an unlikely pair of heroes in the global war on terror.

written by Wally Lamb, performed by George Guidall - Fiction

Felix is a film scholar who runs a Monday night movie club in what was once a vaudeville theater. One evening, while setting up a film in the projectionist booth, he’s confronted by the ghost of Lois Weber, a trailblazing motion picture director from Hollywood’s silent film era. Lois invites Felix to revisit --- and, in some cases, relive --- scenes from his past as they are projected onto the cinema’s big screen. In these magical movies, the medium of film becomes the lens for Felix to reflect on the women who profoundly impacted his life. At first unnerved by these ethereal apparitions, Felix comes to look forward to his encounters with Lois, who is later joined by the spirits of other celluloid muses.

written by Daniel Silva, performed by George Guidall - Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

She is an iconic member of the British Royal Family, beloved for her beauty and charitable works, resented by her former husband and his mother, the Queen of England. But when a bomb explodes aboard her holiday yacht, British intelligence turns to one man to track down her killer: legendary spy and assassin Gabriel Allon. Gabriel's target is Eamon Quinn, a master bomb maker and mercenary of death who sells his services to the highest bidder.

written by Helene Wecker, performed by George Guidall - Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction

A lonely man’s desire for a wife is the catalyst for the creation of a golem like no other. When she’s left master-less on the streets of New York City, she fights her ingrained impulse to help and protect those around her. A jinni, captured and enslaved hundreds of years ago, is free of his flask but not truly free as the iron cuff that keeps him in human form remains on his wrist. The golem and the jinni are drawn to each other, kindred spirits of long-forgotten fairy tales.

written by Craig Johnson, narrated by George Guidall - Fiction, Mystery

Detective Gerald Holman is dead, and Lucian Connally wants to know what drove him to take his own life. With the clock ticking on the birth of his first grandchild, Sheriff Walt Longmire learns that the by-the-book detective might have suppressed evidence concerning three missing women. Digging deeper, Walt uncovers an incriminating secret so dark that it threatens to claim other lives even before the sheriff can serve justice --- Wyoming style.