Audiobook Narration

I'm a storyteller. It's what I do

I love narrating – from the moment I open a new manuscript, from the first page to the last, every new project is a voyage of discovery and a new challenge.

As a performer, I focus not only on what words mean, but on the emotion and intention behind them. It’s my job to create an emotional connection with what I read, to engage fully with each text and bring it to life. I aim to make the words my own; this connection and commitment help my narration to appear effortless and spontaneous.

I narrate audiobooks in all genres – non-fiction and fiction; horror, fantasy, historical, thrillers, classics, comedy, literary fiction and romance. I read for many major publishers around the world. I am equally happy recording in a mainstream studio as in my own professional studio at home, sometimes working solo, sometimes with a director listening in.

Helen is an absolute pleasure to work with. Her confident delivery adds authenticity to her performances while her calm, even delivery strengthens the listener’s experience.

Helen Lloyd's narration is remarkable. The strength and warmth of her voice easily lifts stories from the page and into the listener's ears. Her story telling is captivating.

Helen Lloyd is an absolute joy to work with. Having recorded several fiction and non-fiction audiobooks for us, we know the absolute quality of her work.

Awards

Professional Organisations

I have been a member of Equity since 1969. I am also a proud member of The APA (Audio Publishers’ Association); PANA (The Professional Audiobook Narrators Association); World Voices Organisation, and ACA (Audiobook Creators Alliance).

Authors live with their manuscript for many months before it is published, and each book goes through numerous drafts, edits, and rewrites. Each author has a voice in their head as they write, an aural picture of how the narrative should develop, what atmosphere should be created and of who each character is. When an author (or their publisher) hands over a manuscript to me – a complete stranger – they trust me to stay faithful to their intent, while bringing their story, and the people within it to life. It’s a huge responsibility and one that I take very seriously.

I suspect that for the author, taking your manuscript into audio feels a little like handing your new baby over to a child minder for the first time and wondering whether you’ll recognise him when he is handed back to you!

I hope I do justice to the writing of all the authors I narrate. I share their laughter and their tears and always feel a sense of sadness when I finish a book and have to say goodbye to the people in it. It is an enormous honour and privilege to be chosen to narrate an audiobook, and I am immensely grateful to all the wonderful writers and publishers I work with for allowing me to share in their creations.

Helen Lloyd transports listeners to rural Suffolk during WWII … clear narration helps create the perfect backdrop for this historical mystery. Her character portrayals produce believable males and females. Lloyd's excellent pacing helps keep the plot moving to a satisfying conclusion.

Audiofile Magazine Review excerpt by Nicola Upsonon Dear Little Corpses

Helen Lloyd brings to vivid life the English seaside village of Tilling and its competitive, sometimes mean-spirited residents. She brings out the contradictions in each character and lets listeners decide for themselves what to make of them. Lloyd is at her best recounting the duel that almost happened.

Audiofile Magazine Review excerpt by E. F. Bensonon Miss Mapp

Helen Lloyd's narration of this fascinating audiobook about the British intelligence agency MI9 mirrors the calm intensity of its operatives. Well paced and using just the right amount of nuance and emotion—Lloyd's deliberate and steady tone more vividly brings to life the many individuals who collaborated across nations to help Allies escape from and elude the Nazi war machine.

Audiofile Magazine Review excerpt by Helen Fryon M19

With shifts in inflection and more than a hint of exasperation in her tone, narrator Helen Lloyd superbly creates a vibrant portrayal of Veronica, who never refrains from sharing her strong opinions.

Audiofile Magazine Review excerpt by Hazel Prior on How the Penguins Saved Veronica

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Audiobook back catalogue

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Contact Helen

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Helen is an absolute pleasure to work with. Her confident delivery adds authenticity to her performances while her calm, even delivery strengthens the listener’s experience.

Helen Lloyd's narration is remarkable. The strength and warmth of her voice easily lifts stories from the page and into the listener's ears. Her story telling is captivating.

Helen Lloyd is an absolute joy to work with. Having recorded several fiction and non-fiction audiobooks for us, we know the absolute quality of her work.

With her rich tone, intimate storytelling and strong characterisation Helen brings our books to life. Her sense of timing, ability to deliver and sustain accents and crystal-clear delivery enriches the experience even further.

Helen Lloyd Audiobook Back Catalogue

GENRE	TITLE	AUTHOR	PUBLISHER	ROLE/STORY	NOMINATION / AWARD	REVIEW LINK
Epic Fantasy	The Amber Citadel	Freda Warrington	Audible Studios	Solo Narration
Epic Fantasy	The Sapphire Thone	Freda Warrington	Audible Studios	Solo Narration
Epic Fantasy	The Obsidian Tower	Freda Warrington	Audible Studios	Solo Narration
Historical Fiction	Homefires and Spitfires	Daisy Styles	Penguin Random House UK	Solo Narration
Historical Fiction	The Wartime Midwives	Daisy Styles	Penguin Random House UK	Solo Narration
Historical Fiction	Christmas With the Bomb Girls	Daisy Styles	Lamplight Audio	Solo Narration
Historical Fiction	Bosnian Chronicle	Ivo Andrich	Audible Studios	Solo Narration
Historical Fiction	‘A Want of Kindness – A History of Queen Anne’ by Joanne Limburg (Lamplight Audio)	Joanne Limburg	Lamplight Audio	Solo Narration
Historical Fiction	The Wedding Girls	Kate Thompson	Lamplight Audio	Solo Narration
Historical Fiction	‘The Safest Place in London’ by Maggie Joel (Wavesound Audio Australia)	Maggie Joel	Wavesound Audio	Solo Narration
Historical Fiction	Lady Osbaldestone’s Plum Puddings	Stephanie Laurens	Blackstone Publishing	Solo Narration
Historical Fiction	Lady Osbaldestone and The Missing Christmas Carols	Stephanie Laurens	Blackstone Audio	Solo Narration	WINNER One Voice Awards BEST FICTION AUDIOBOOK PERFORMANCE 2019
Historical Fiction	Lady Osbaldestone’s Christmas Intrigue	Stephanie Laurens	Blackstone Publishing	Solo Narration
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	Meet Me At The Museum	Anne Youngson	Penguin Random House UK	Tina (dual narration)		REVIEW LINK
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	The Lost Girls of Devon	Barbara O’Neil	Brilliance Audio	Lillian (multi-voice)	Earphones Award	REVIEW LINK
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	The Summer House Party	Caro Fraser	Lamplight	Solo Narration
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	About Last Night	Catherine Alliot	W F Howes	Solo Narration
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	The Orphan of Salt Winds	Elizabeth Brooks	Brilliance Audio	Solo Narration		REVIEW LINK
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	Owl Song At Dawn	Emma Claire Sweeney	W F Howes	Solo Narration
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	Coming Home	Fern Britton	Harper Audio	Solo Narration
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	How The Penguins Saved Veronica	Hazel Prior	Penguin Random House US	Veronica (multi-voice)		REVIEW LINK
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	Bosnian Chronicle	Ivo Andric	Audible Studios	Solo Narration
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	Sanditon	Jane Austen & Juliet Shapiro	Audible Studios	Solo Narration
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	Sorry For The Dead	Nicola Upson	Blackstone Publishing	Solo Narration		REVIEW LINK
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	The Stranger She Knew	Rosalind Stopps	Harper Audio	Solo Narration	Nominated – Best Fiction Audiobook 2020
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	A Year In The Chateau	Sarah Long	Bonnier Books	Solo Narration
Literary & Contemporary Fiction	When I Was Otherwise	Stephen Benetar	Audible Studios	Solo Narration
Non-Fiction	When Panic Attacks	Ainie Trubrudy	Bolinda Audio	Solo Narration
Non-Fiction	Passionate Spirit – A Biography of Alma Mahler	Cate Haste	Hachette Audio (US)	Solo Narration
Non-Fiction	But My Brain Had Other Ideas	Deb Brandon	She Writes Books	Solo Narration	NOMINATED Best Non-Fiction Audiobook Performance OVA 2019. NOMINATED Best Biographical Audiobook SOVAS Awards 2019	REVIEW LINK
Non-Fiction	Jung – An Introducion to His Psychology	Freida Foredham	Ukemi Audiobooks	Solo Narration
Non-Fiction	MI9 – A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in WW2	Helen Fry	Blackstone	Solo Narration
Non-Fiction	The Bomb Girls – Britain’s Secret Army	Jacky Hyams	Bonnier Books	Solo Narration
Non-Fiction	The Gut Makeover	Jeannette Hyde	Audible Studios	Solo Narration	Nominated Best Non-Fiction Audiobook Performance OVA 2018
Non-Fiction	Life In The Garden	Penelope Lively	Penguin Random House	Solo Narration		REVIEW LINK
Non-Fiction	Saying Yes to Life	Ruth Valero	Ladbroke Audio	Solo Narration
Regency Romance	A Regency Charade	Elizabeth Mansfield	Audible Studios	Solo Narration
Regency Romance	An Affair with A Notorious Heiress	Lorraine Heath	Harper Audio	Solo Narration		REVIEW LINK
Regency Romance	When The Duke Was Wicked	Lorraine Heath	Harper Audio	Solo Narration
Regency Romance	The Duke and The Lady in Red	Lorraine Heath	Harper Audio	Solo Narration		REVIEW LINK
Regency Romance	Once More My Darling Rogue	Lorraine Heath	Harper Audio	Solo Narration
Regency Romance	The Viscount and The Vixen	Lorraine Heath	Harper Audio	Solo Narration		REVIEW LINK
Regency Romance	Falling Into Bed With a Duke	Lorraine Heath	Harper Audio	Solo Narration
Regency Romance	Forever My Duke	Olivia Drake	Dreamscape	Solo Narration
Regency Romance	The Duke I Once Knew	Olivia Drake	Dreamscape	Solo Narration
Short Stories	Wonderland Anthology	Anthology	Blackstone	Six Impossible Things
Short Stories	Cursed	Anthology	Blackstone	Listen
Short Stories	More Deadly Than The Male	Anthology	Blackstone	The Beckside Boggle etc.
Short Stories	Exit Wounds	Anthology	Blackstone	Lebensraum
Short Stories	Two Worlds and In Between	Caitlin R Kiernan	Blackstone	Emptiness Spoke Eloquent
Short Stories	The Complete Dickens Christmas	Charles Dickens	Raconteurs Audio	The Cricket on The Hearth
Short Stories	The Books of Blood Volume 4	Clive Barker	Crossroad Press	Down Satan
Short Stories	Short Stories Volume 1	H.G. Wells	Raconteurs Audio	Miss Winchelsea’s Heart	Earphones Award June 2020. Listed in best audiobook releases June 2020	REVIEW LINK
Short Stories	Short Stories Volume 2	H.G. Wells	Raconteurs Audio	The Purple Pileus
Thrillers, Mystery, Noir	Widow’s Wreath	Cynthia Riggs	Blackstone Publishing	Solo Narration
Thrillers, Mystery, Noir	The Scent of Danger	Fiona Buckley	Blackstone Publishing	Solo Narration
Thrillers, Mystery, Noir	The Shadow Of Death	Jane Willan	Blackstone Publishing	Solo Narration
Thrillers, Mystery, Noir	The Hour Of Death	Jane Willan	Blackstone Publishing	Solo Narration
Thrillers, Mystery, Noir	After I’ve Gone	Linda Green	AVID thriller	Playing Angela
Thrillers, Mystery, Noir	The Night Visitor	Lucy Atkins	Quercus	Playing Vivian
Thrillers, Mystery, Noir	Please Do Feed The Cat	Marion Babson	Blackstone Publishing	Solo Narration
Thrillers, Mystery, Noir	Sorry For The Dead	Nicola Upson	Blackstone Publishing US	Solo Narration		REVIEW LINK
Thrillers, Mystery, Noir	The House on Bellevue Gardens	Rachel Hore	Whole Story Audio	Solo Narration
Thrillers, Mystery, Noir	The Ferry Girls	Rosie Archer	Quercus Audio	Solo Narration
Thrillers, Mystery, Noir	Patient Fury	Sarah Ward	Whole Story Audio	Solo Narration
Children’s Stories	Little Fox	Edward Van De Vendel & Marie Tolman	Dreamscape	Solo narration
Children’s Stories	Belle Takes Flight	Katy McCullock	Disney Audio	Solo narration

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