Katherine Kellgren | |
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Born | 1969 New York City, US |
Died | January 10, 2018 New York City, US | (aged 48–49)
Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1996–2018 |
Spouse |
Katherine Ingrid Kellgren or Kjellgren (1969 – January 10, 2018)[1][2][3] was an American actress, known for her narration of audiobooks.[2]
Kellgren was born in 1969 in New York City, though she undertook a large proportion of her schooling in London. She studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[4][5]
Kellgren married writer David Cote in 2011.[3]
She died on January 10, 2018, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from complications of cancer.[4][6]
Kellgren recorded radio plays early in her career, which prepared her for audiobook reader work.[7]
Kellgren recorded over three hundred audiobooks.[8] She was a multiple winner of the Audie Award and among her titles are five recipients of the American Library Association's Odyssey Award, as well as numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards, Publishers Weekly Listen Up Awards, and ForeWord Magazine's Audiobook of the Year. She was named a Voice of Choice by Booklist magazine, and is on AudioFile magazine's list of Golden Voices.[9]
In addition to her audiobook work, Kellgren performed on the stage, notably Laura in The Glass Menagerie in 2003 with the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey.[10]
As a narrator, Kellgren was the 2011 Booklist Voice of Choice.[11] AudioFile named her a Golden Voice Narrator.[2] She won 11 Audie Awards and 43 Earphone Awards and was a finalist for numerous other awards.
Year | Title | List | Ref. |
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2006 | Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [38] |
2008 | Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer | Notable Children's Recordings | [39] |
2010 | In the Belly of the Bloodhound by L. A. Meyer | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [40] |
2011 | Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman | Notable Children's Recordings | [41] |
Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [26] | |
The Curious Garden | Notable Children's Recordings | [41] | |
Enola Holmes: The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan by Nancy Springer | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [26] | |
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Hidden Gallery (2011) by Maryrose Wood | Booklist Editors' Choice: Media | [42] | |
What to Do about Alice? | Notable Children's Recordings | [41] | |
2012 | Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms | Notable Children's Recordings | [43] |
One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde | Listen List | [44] | |
Sophomore Switch by Abby McDonald | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [45] | |
2013 | Enchanted by Alethea Kontis | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [46][47] |
Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [47] | |
2015 | The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Adults | [48] |
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen | Listen List | [49] | |
Wild Rover No More by L. A. Meyer | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth | [50] | |
2016 | The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza | Listen List: Outstanding Audio Narration | [51] |
Grayling's Song by Karen Cushman | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth | [52] | |
2017 | The Cat Who Came In off the Roof by Annie M. G. Schmidt | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth | [53] |
The Cat Who Came In off the Roof by Annie M. G. Schmidt | Notable Children's Recordings | [54] | |
Grayling's Song by Karen Cushman | Notable Children's Recordings | [54] |