Audiobook Review Excerpts

Trading Up
By Candace Bushnell (BBC Audiobooks) NY Times Bestseller

"Archer has a talent for reading straight through scenes reminiscent of The Vagina Monologues with explicit professionalism."

- Audiofile Magazine 2004

Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood Narrator
By Koren Zailckas (Tantor Media) NY Times Bestseller

"Ellen Archer speaks with a cadence befitting a young woman. Her voice is youthful and she understands the irony and the suffering the author inflicted upon herself.

– Cleveland Plain Dealer, 2005

Dangerous Women
Edited by Otto Penzler (Tantor Media)

"Dangerous Women is an outstanding mystery anthology with nary a dud and many star turns by five actors…Ellen Archer's warm, contemporary voice [handles] the women. A terrific production."

- Audiofile Magazine, 2005

Die a Little
By Meghan Abbott (Tantor Media)

"Ellen Archer takes Meghan Abbott’s stylish exercise in noir and delivers a dynamite performance… Archer handles Lora’s first-person narrative smoothly. As Lora journeys through the seedy side of the movie industry, uncovering drugs, murder, and her sister-in law’s disturbing secrets, Archer doesn’t strike a false note. Lora King makes an appealing addition to the noir canon, thanks to Ellen Archer’s authentic portrait of a self-deprecating innocent teetering on the edge of self-awareness."

– Audiofile Magazine, 2005

"Ellen Archer has a great voice, particularly when distinguishing between different female characters in dialogue. The gentle voice in which she presents the first person narrative of Laura King is delightful to listen to, and quite easy to fall into cadence with."

– Bookloons, 2005

"Abbott's novel set in the glamorous but duplicitous world of 1950s Hollywood is superbly narrated by Ellen Archer.

– Midwest Book Review, 2005

"With flawless technical production values, "Die a Little" is expertly narrated by Ellen Archer."

- Wisconsin Bookwatch, 2005

Stop Drop and Roll
By Margery Cuyler (Live Oak Media)

"Ellen Archer sympathizes with Jessica's concern. She portrays Jessica with angst as fire safety unlocks a host of worries and mirrors her confidence as she takes action to create a safe home. Archer's supporting characters project parental understanding or sibling edge. Archer's pacing leaves time to savor the droll illustrations in the accompanying book."

- Audiofile Magazine, 2005

Beating Back the Devil
By Maryn McKenna (Tantor Media)

"Ellen Archer coolly delivers the story of the CDC's inception and its battles with polio, smallpox, AIDS, anthrax, and SARS, along with other terrifying diseases and the organisms that cause them."

– Audiofile Magazine, 2004