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Erin's work as an audiobook narrator has been described as "sassy", "dynamic", and "vulnerable". Her over 40 years of acting paves the way to a deep, emotional connection with her text while the unique quality of her voice differentiates her sound.
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She delights in playing unconventional characters but also loves a good solid hero. Her commitment to the characters she is entrusted with shows in her devotion to examining each individual and finding what makes them tick.
"...any time it's from Brienne's point of view deWard kills it."
- When I Was You. Brian's Book Blog, 2020
"The first-person narrative is told by Linden, the only female character, whose wit and vulnerability are perfectly captured by Erin deWard."
- Symphony of Light and Winter. AudioFile Magazine, 2017
"I sat in the car listening pretty much slack-jawed as Noah and Erin rocked this audio and they both earned a place in my top 5 narrators/pairings."
- Curing Doctor Vincent. Dee's Book Blog, 2016
"The narration done by Erin deWard was nothing short of perfect for this book. Her performance really gave this book wings and allowed it to take on another emotional level."
- Pandemic Diary. AudiobookReviewer.com, 2016
- When I Was You. Brian's Book Blog, 2020
"The first-person narrative is told by Linden, the only female character, whose wit and vulnerability are perfectly captured by Erin deWard."
- Symphony of Light and Winter. AudioFile Magazine, 2017
"I sat in the car listening pretty much slack-jawed as Noah and Erin rocked this audio and they both earned a place in my top 5 narrators/pairings."
- Curing Doctor Vincent. Dee's Book Blog, 2016
"The narration done by Erin deWard was nothing short of perfect for this book. Her performance really gave this book wings and allowed it to take on another emotional level."
- Pandemic Diary. AudiobookReviewer.com, 2016
Erin is the owner and operator of deWord Audio located in lovely Nyack, NY, just 27 miles from New York City. deWord specializes in audio description, audiobook narration, and voice work for all kinds of media. With a small stable of professional voice actors, deWord collaborates with clients to bring their imagined projects to life.
Past projects include audio description, audiobooks, public service announcements, educational video narration, company answering machines, animated characters, EL dubs, and promotional audio.
The studio is a box within a box equipped with a Neumann TLM 102, (sometimes a Blue Spark XLR), DBX channel strip, Scarlett 2i2, Mac Mini, Reaper, Studio One, RX6, and Audacity.
Erin has had the on-going good fortune to study audiobook narration with Paul Alan Ruben. She has also studied narration with Eliza Foss, Jayme Mattler, PJ Ochlan, and Carol Monda and has studied Audio Description with Joel Snyder and the Kennedy Center Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability. Erin has also taken a Video Game Voice Over intensive with Melanie Ehrlich (co-presented by Dom Vega and Than Bryan of Avalanche).
Accents:
Main characters: General American, General New York, General Southern.
Ancillary characters: General New England, General French, Slight General British.
Languages:
A bit of French, A wee tiny bit of Spanish, A wee wee tiny bit of Greek.
Interview with Shelf Addiction recorded April 2018:
Audio Description Projects:
Brother to Brother
Mind Hunter
Moonlight Sonata
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Black Earth Rising
Close
Pine Gap
Organist/KCRW - clip from Atlanta
Vision Portraits
Wild, Wild Country
Descent (dance piece by Alice Sheppard)
Flint Town
Cuba and the Cameraman
Big Mouth
Real Rob
Little Evil
Fire Chasers
Kidnap
The Mist
Strong Island (Nominated for an Oscar)
Hotel Beau Sejour
Site and Program Description for Clearwater Hudson River Revival 2017, 2018
Gypsy
Atypical
Crashing
Five Came Back
Perfectly Normal For Me
Dealt
Tales by Light
Sanctuary
Glitch
Chewing Gum
Historia de un Clan
The Mist
Paranoid
I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore
Imperial Dreams
Into the Inferno
The Ivory Game
I am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House
Roman Empire
Meridian
H2O Mermaid Adventures
Wallender
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell
Blue Planet
Auschwitz
The Last Nazis
Human Planet
The Hyperglot
The Special Need
Mimi and Donna
Sense the Wind
Krutch
Come as You Are
The Straight Line
Something About Emma
The Way He Looks
Musical Chairs
Teacher Training Videos for Hunter College
Law and Order Special Victims Unit
Educational Media for The Described and Captioned Media Program
Promo for No Barriers USA