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Listeners are happy to spend hours upon hours with Jeff Woodman. He's a master of accents and emotional subtleties and brings a youthful energy to his recordings. We delight in the wide variety of vocal portraits Jeff has made unforgettable: the eccentric characters of Savannah in MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, the Indian zookeeper of THE LIFE OF PI, the eighteenth-century Italian statesman of THE VENETIAN AFFAIR, the autistic adolescent of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME—along with the less exotic but equally challenging kids in the best young adult novels. Jeff loves the challenge of dialects and says he "carries them in his back pocket," ready to nail the accent of any character, whether a Southern belle or a Listeners are happy to spend hours upon hours with Jeff Woodman. He's a master of accents and emotional subtleties and brings a youthful energy to his recordings. We delight in the wide variety of vocal portraits Jeff has made unforgettable: the eccentric characters of Savannah in MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, the Indian zookeeper of THE LIFE OF PI, the eighteenth-century Italian statesman of THE VENETIAN AFFAIR, the autistic adolescent of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME—along with the less exotic but equally challenging kids in the best young adult novels. Jeff loves the challenge of dialects and says he "carries them in his back pocket," ready to nail the accent of any character, whether a Southern belle or a Canadian pigeon-keeper. To producer Paul Ruben, Jeff's most compelling quality is "his intuitive ability to empathize with characters and the author's point of view and, in turn, connect with his listeners, enabling them to suspend their disbelief and become fully involved with the story and the storyteller."
A narrator often heard in ensemble readings, Jeff shares credits with Gerard Doyle for THE NINTH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX, one of our best titles of 2005, and with Richard Ferrone and Barbara Caruso in Jonathan Safran Foer's EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE. Remembering the audiobook adage, "A good novel needs a good narrator; a bad novel needs a great narrator," we know that Jeff has the facility to make them all memorable listening.--2005 Narrator Yearbook

We think of Jeff’s voice in connection with some of the top young adult fiction, such as Robert Cormier’s I AM THE CHEESE, but recently Jeff has done business titles like ANALYZING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the Pocket MBA series. Outside the traditional audiobook venue, Jeff’s done numerous ESL programs and cartoon voices for Japanese animation. We appreciate his love of variety. “Getting to play all the parts,” Jeff told us, “is the best part of audiobooks. I’m seldom cast as a Jamaican man or a Japanese grandfather.” His narration of MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, John Berendt’s quirky bestseller, exemplifies his facility to inhabit many types of characters. Currently Jeff has been enjoying Max Allan Collins’s mysteries, for which he pulls out “the gumshoe detective clichés.” Sounds like fun. --2001 Narrator Yearbook ...more

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	Looking For Alaska by John Green (Goodreads Author), Jeff Woodman (Reading) 3.96 avg rating — 1,779,429 ratings — published 2005 — 312 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Alexander Marshall (Reader), Jeff Woodman (Reader) 3.94 avg rating — 1,781,011 ratings — published 2001 — 161 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, Jeff Woodman (Narrator) 3.89 avg rating — 1,626,709 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Jeff Woodman (Narrated by) 4.25 avg rating — 833,173 ratings — published 1966 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1) by Agatha Christie, Jeff Woodman (Narrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 530,546 ratings — published 1920 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (Goodreads Author), Jeff Woodman (Reader) 3.50 avg rating — 554,575 ratings — published 2006 — 164 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gospel According to Mark (Contemporary English Version, The Holy Bible - Volume 23) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Testament by Jeff Woodman (Narrator), Jeff Woodman (Narrated by) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The New York Times Pocket MBA Series: Analyzing Financial Statements 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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