Jennifer Mendenhall (born February 7, 1960), commonly known by the alias Kate Reading, is an American actress and audiobook narrator. She has won 6 Audie Awards and 46 Earphone Awards.
Personal life Mendenhall was born on February 7, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents moved to England when she was a baby. In 1978, she returned to the United States to attend the University of Virginia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in French and Drama in 1983.
Mendenhall married Michael Kramer on October 24, 1992. They currently live in the Washington, D.C., area with their two children.
Awards and honors
Awards YearTitleAwardResultRef.1999Summer Sisters (1998) by Judy BlumeAudie Award for FictionFinalist2004Blow Fly by Patricia CornwellAudie Award for Best Female NarratorFinalist2006Fairy Tales (1835) by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Tina NunnallyAudie Award for Short Stories or CollectionsFinalist2007The Painted Veil (1925) by W. Somerset MaughamAudie Award for Literary Fiction or ClassicsFinalist2010Bellwether (1996) by Connie WillisAudie Award for Science FictionWinner2010The Gathering Storm (2009) by Robert Jordan and Brandon SandersonAudie Award for Science FictionFinalist2011Among the Missing (2011) by Morag JossEarphone AwardWinner2011The Book of Spies by Gayle LyndsAudie Award for Thriller or SuspenseFinalist20121222 (2011) by Anne Holt Earphone AwardWinner2012The Boy in the Snow (2012) by M.J. McGrathEarphone AwardWinner2012The Thirteen Hallows (2011) by Michael Scott and Colette FreedmanEarphone AwardWinner2012Trapeze (2012) by Simon Mawer Earphone AwardWinner2013Breasts by Florence WilliamsAudie Award for NonfictionWinner2013The Last Runaway (2013) by Tracy Chevalier Earphone AwardWinner2013A Memory of Light (2013) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson Earphone AwardWinner2014Words of Radiance (2014) by Brandon SandersonEarphone AwardWinner2015My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca MeadAudie Award for Autobiography or MemoirWinner2015The Siege Winter (2015) by Ariana Franklin and Samantha NormanEarphone AwardWinner2015Words of Radiance (2014)Audie Award for Fantasy Winner2016The Story of Egypt: The Civilization That Shaped the World (2016) by Joann FletcherEarphone AwardWinner2016A Study in Scarlet Women (2016) by Sherry ThomasEarphone AwardWinner2016The Velvet Hours (2016) by Alyson Richman Earphone AwardWinner2017A Conspiracy in Belgravia (2017) by Sherry Thomas Earphone AwardWinner2017A Duke in Shining Armor: Difficult Dukes (2017) by Loretta Chase Earphone AwardWinner2017The Glass Town Game (2017) by Catherynne M. Valente Earphone AwardWinner2018The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (2017) by Theodora GossAudie Award for FantasyWinner2018The Tangled Lands (2010) by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell Earphone AwardWinner2018When a Duke Loves a Woman (2018) by Lorraine HeathEarphone AwardWinner2019The Art of Theft (2019) by Sherry Thomas Earphone AwardWinner2019At the End of the Century (2019) by Ruth Prawer JhabvalaEarphone AwardWinner2020Death and the Maiden (2020) by Samantha Norman and Ariana FranklinEarphone AwardWinner2019European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora GossAudie Award for FantasyFinalist2020Midnight Train to Prague (2020) by Carol Windley Earphone AwardWinner2020The Prophet (1923) by Kahlil Gibran Earphone AwardWinner2020Rhythm of War (2020) by Brandon Sanderson Earphone AwardWinner2020Ten Things I Hate About the Duke (2020) by Loretta Chase Earphone AwardWinner2022Rhythm of War (2020) by Brandon Sanderson Audie Award for Fantasy Winner2021The Souvenir Museum (2021) by Elizabeth McCracken Earphone AwardWinner
"Best of" lists YearTitleAwardRef.2008Captain's Fury AudioFile Best Fantasy of the Year2009Cursor's FuryAudioFile Best Fantasy of the Year2010Bright-Sided AudioFile Best Contemporary Culture of the Year2012Bling GoddessAudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year2012Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren WilligRUSA Listen List2013The Garden Intrigue (2013) by Lauren WilligRUSA Listen List2015Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints AudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year2015Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseRUSA Listen List2016And Only to Deceive by Tasha AlexanderRUSA Listen List2017A Conspiracy in Belgravia AudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense of the Year
Stage performances +Performances listed alphabetically by showShowRoleCompanyAfter the FallHolga Theater JAndy and the ShadowsRaya Theater JAngels in America: Millennium Approaches Ethel Rosenberg, Rabbi Chemelwitz, Hannah PittForum TheatreAngels in America: PerestroikaEthel Rosenberg, Hannah PittForum TheatreApples from the DesertVictoria Theater JA Beautiful View LaneStudio TheatreCherokeeJanineWoolly Mammoth Theatre CompanyCircle Mirror TransformationMarty Studio TheatreClybourne ParkBev/Kathy Woolly Mammoth Theatre CompanyThe Cripple of InishmaanKate OsbourneSCENA TheatreDead Man's Cell PhoneOther Woman Woolly Mammoth Theatre CompanyGraceSara Woolly Mammoth Theatre CompanyHomebody/Kabul Mahala Woolly Mammoth Theatre CompanyImagining Madoff Secretary Theater JLegacy of Light Wet Nurse, Olivia Arena StageLenny & LouJulie RiggioWoolly Mammoth Theatre CompanyMeasure for PleasureLady Vanity Lustforth Woolly Mammoth Theatre CompanyThe New Electric BallroomAdaStudio TheatrePlutoElizabeth MillerForum TheatreThe Rocky Horror ShowMagenta Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes1991The ArcSally1992Literary Visions Actor1 episode: Artful Resonance: Theme in Poetry1994Homicide: Life on the Street Kerry Weston1 episode: See No Evil 1994Serial MomReporter1997FrontlineSelf / Narration1 episode: The Lost American2013My Synthesized Life Phone operator1 episode: Freak
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